RE: Life is not improbable.
April 9, 2014 at 12:56 pm
(This post was last modified: April 9, 2014 at 1:44 pm by Heywood.)
(April 9, 2014 at 12:37 pm)archangle Wrote:(April 9, 2014 at 12:12 pm)Rampant.A.I. Wrote: I just want to know how we've arrived at a statistical measurement of the probability of life occurring from a sample size of one.
real simple.
Look at the PT.
Look at life as we know it.
Look at where "carbon" and 'water" are formed. Look at the temperatures they can interact with each other and "stuff" around them.
These interactions are less than 10% of the known universe.
Your sample size of one does not fit observation. Even at the most basic level of "how do we know". There is more than one "place" these interactions can take place.
If its as simple as combining water and carbon they should have already been able to replicate it in the lab. It appears that abiogenesis requires more than just the coming together of ingredients. It requires a recipe.
The existence of water, wheat, salt, and yeast, make the existence of bread more likely.....but it certainly doesn't guarantee it.
