The immensity of the universe;addendum (The nature of a \'Creator\')

by David Turell , Sunday, January 31, 2016, 15:25 (3218 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: And when you ask me why humans are here, I ask whether there is a why at all. And I do not equate improbability with purpose, because improbability could be the result of chance. A quick google reveals that the chances of winning the jackpot in something called the Powerball Lottery are 1 in 175,223, 510, but I think most of us would say the winner is lucky rather than his/her win was part of a divine plan. I am not, however, opposing your design argument, because I too am unable to believe in chance as a creator of life's complexities. I am merely pointing out that there are far more questions to be answered than “why are humans here?”-I think the odds for the appearance of humans is way beyond the last Powerball on which we bet $5. I think you are questioning the process by which humans appeared more than being stunned, as I am, that we arrived from an impersonal dangerous universe and can turn around and study what seems to have created us or been created for us. We are at different levels of wonder and philosophy.