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To: Hodar
"I believe the saying that an infinite number of monkeys, with an infinite number of typewriters, can in fact recreate any piece of literature (Bible, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Stephen King, etc.). To limit this to simply 1 million does not convey the thought of what the term 'infinite' means."

Yes, well, of course, "infinite" DOES make it not only possible, but inevitable. ....But what about this: If a number of monkeys equal to the total number of particles in the universe typed furiously at the rate of a million key-strokes per second for 5 billion years, would their be enough information to equal that in the most simple self-sustaining cell known?

Just for starters, something on the simple side: how are you going to get sufficient lipids for your cellular bi-layer, all appearing in the same restricted physical space, all at the same time, from non-biological sources?

See, I can't even get paragraphs right without harmful mutattions.

164 posted on 03/05/2002 4:35:18 PM PST by cookcounty
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To: cookcounty;Hodar
Yes, well, of course, "infinite" DOES make it not only possible, but inevitable.

if it were infinite one would get it on his first try.

166 posted on 03/05/2002 4:39:56 PM PST by gfactor
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