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Originally Posted by nitrum

Agreed. I personally don't think our universe is infinite, but I think there are infinite universes. So really I have no problem with low probabilities. But still, I think intelligent life HAS probably arisen numerous times in nearby galaxies.

Theres no way it hasn't. And if you go with the ridiculous probabilities from the article Morphyx posted, you actually find that in the known(and we're not even taking multiple universes into account) that there can actually be millions upon billions of earth like planets that exist, with all the key features needed for life.


Also, I keep reading over some of the absolutely ridiculous statements I see in this article.

b. For the sun to be at the stage in its development and in the scientific stages of a star at just the right time for life to be generated and sustained upon this planet we call home would be a far greater miracle than the odds of my pulling coin six out of my pocket. A 1 in 1,000,000 chance.

Actually our sun is a main sequence star. Guess what, thats also the most common type of star. Guess what also? Low mass stars are also the most common, making our sun actually quite average.

b. Hence many of the multitudes of Creation Scientist such as Henry Morris and the associated scientist with Answers in Genesis have determined that the earth would have been incapable of supporting life a mere 30,000 years ago for the magnetic storms that would have been produced by the powerful magnetic fields.

Haha did anyone actually read this? Creation scientists think that life was incapable 30,000 years ago!! Hahahaha thats the most ridiculous statement ever

8. The Quarter Numbered 8, 1 in 100,000,000 – The core of the earth which is molten magma spinning, turning and mixing beneath us, yet not melting away the mantle or the crust of the earth and still developing just the right environment to cause a dead planet to come to life by causing waters to flow beneath us and various elements to interact. What are the chances of the core developing in such a way as to produce or support life on earth.

Also a laughable statement, reading up on how geology works helps to debunk this ignorance

This is no different than the odds of having a mere twenty essential elements for the creation and support of life on earth. As we consider the cosmos, our environment, our world, our bodies, and all that is necessary for to nuture life on earth on must quickly realize that there are hundreds, thousands, maybe even millions of variables that must all be in place, all the time, in order for life to continue as we know it

Another laughable statement

All in all this article was extremely disappointing. I only pulled out a few claims that were made, but honestly most of them are ridiculous.

I hate to sound like a dick here, but posting this stuff here really only perpetrates ignorance about actual science.