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DontTreadOnMe

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2. Computer calculations....

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2013, 06:14 PM

Oct 2013

"the chances of"... is like the same chances of actually counting all the stars. The numbers are so large, that yes, the chance of "something" happening... is highly likely.

So when they state that the chance of something is so "low"... that is like saying there is a "low" chance that you could actually count all the star in the universe. But we "think" that it actually could be done... so it is likely that is "could" happen.

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Chemists show life on Earth was not a fluke [View all] n2doc Oct 2013 OP

Whoa! Seriously cool. R&K nt longship Oct 2013 #1

Computer calculations.... DontTreadOnMe Oct 2013 #2

Reading the snippets above I thought this was a God-Did-It article FiveGoodMen Oct 2013 #3