James Le Fanu: Why Us? (The limitations of science)

by BBella , Friday, July 03, 2009, 19:06 (5620 days ago) @ dhw

If it turned out that this one had occurred a million times, and there were a million Earths with a million evolutions, it would therefore cease to seem so extraordinary. I for one would then be very much inclined to embrace the atheist faith that under certain conditions there must be natural laws ... as yet unknown ... which cause life to emerge from non-life. It's amazing what an "if" can achieve!
> - What is the connection with a million earths to life emerging from non-life? "If" there are a million earth like planets in the universal solar system, this would not necessarily mean all life emerged from non-life. All life could be ever existing and ever evolving, couldn't it? Life emerging from non-life would be a real jump of evolution, wouldn't it? Some-thing from no-thing?