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| Subject | Re: 'Based On Nonsense' |
| From | Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> |
| References | (1 earlier) <564F6DC6.127E@ix.netcom.com> <56511756.777C@ix.netcom.com> <XOc4y.155775$sK.94170@fx14.iad> <U9OdnfkYUI4s287LnZ2dnUU7_82dnZ2d@giganews.com> <3f7ed398-e182-49b5-a563-1099f741f854@googlegroups.com> |
| Message-ID | <XnsA55BA8D6CA40Ctaustingmail@69.16.179.42> (permalink) |
| Organization | Forte - www.forteinc.com |
| Date | 2015-11-23 16:35 -0700 |
Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:3f7ed398-e182-49b5-a563-1099f741f854@googlegroups.com:
> On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 10:02:43 AM UTC-7, tjrob137
> wrote:
>>
>> I believe that the consensus among physicists who have thought
>> about this is that the existence of alien life is not only
>> possible, but reasonably probable (but none of us quantify
>> that).
>
> Fred Hoyle DID present his quantification:
>
> "Life cannot have had a random beginning ... The trouble is that
> there are about two thousand enzymes, and the chance of
> obtaining them all in a random trial is only one part in
> 1040,000, an outrageously small probability that could not be
> faced even if the whole universe consisted of organic soup." -
> Fred Hoyle
A meaningless number without the time axis. One is 1,040,000 per what
time period? Per year? Then it's likely happened over a dozen time
since the big bang. Per second? Then it's happened millions of times.
In all of history? Then we're not here, and never will be.
"One is <very large number>" chances occur all the time, literally,
_all_ the time. Because they are meaningless, incomplete drivel.
--
Terry Austin
"Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
-- David Bilek
Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.
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