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chistev 3 hours ago

> Given the complexity of the Periodic Table, molecules, DNA, &c can we agree that life is a low-probability event?

Given how quickly life started on Earth after Earth's formation, it seems like it isn't a low-probability event, but it still might be considering it's the only place we've found life (not that we've made a dent in our search of the cosmos for life).

"Wind back the tape of life to the early days of the Burgess Shale; let it play again from an identical starting point, and the chance becomes vanishingly small that anything like human intelligence would grace the replay." - Stephen Jay Gould.

> Previous paragraph omits the contextual perfection of our planet/solar system.

It's perfect because it's the world we grew up in.

smitty1e 2 hours ago | parent [-]

We hand-wave at each other.

The repeatable experiment would be another universe itself.

Cutting to the chase and declaring you the winner of the discussion.