Theoretical origin of life; Koonen's odds against (Introduction)

by David Turell , Sunday, February 22, 2015, 21:41 (3562 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: NB He does not see the multiverse as a necessary requirement, but only an infinite universe. Add eternal [...] and we have the same argument that you and I have been discussing: infinity and eternity make anything possible. -Second Thoughts:-He uses the multiverse. Note:-> dhw:CONCLUSION: “The plausibility of different models for the origin of life on earth directly depends on the adopted cosmological scenario. In an infinite universe (multiverse), emergence of highly complex systems by chance is inevitable. Therefore, under this cosmology, an entity as complex as a coupled translation-replication system should be considered a viable breakthrough stage for the onset of biological evolution.”-I have bolded it so you can see it. He also uses infinity under the unproven concept that infinity solves all issues of chance, when the accepted limits of chance is 10^-150, not infinity.-And then we have another well-known and highly respected Mathematician who wants to throw out infinity, a math concept that goes back to Pythagoras. Infinities get in the way of quantum mechanics math, but by renormalization (erasing them) the results of the formulae fit reality:-http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2015/02/20/infinity-ruining-physics/-"Let's face it: Despite their seductive allure, we have no direct observational evidence for either the infinitely big or the infinitely small. We speak of infinite volumes with infinitely many planets, but our observable universe contains only about 1089 objects (mostly photons). If space is a true continuum, then to describe even something as simple as the distance between two points requires an infinite amount of information, specified by a number with infinitely many decimal places. In practice, we physicists have never managed to measure anything to more than about seventeen decimal places. Yet real numbers, with their infinitely many decimals, have infested almost every nook and cranny of physics, from the strengths of electromagnetic fields to the wave functions of quantum mechanics. We describe even a single bit of quantum information (qubit) using two real numbers involving infinitely many decimals.-"Not only do we lack evidence for the infinite but we don't need the infinite to do physics."-I think the materialist scientists should get their act together.