Epistemology of Design (The limitations of science)

by David Turell , Friday, December 11, 2009, 00:53 (5460 days ago) @ xeno6696

We don't actually know this. We'd have to know the size of the universe first; then--and only then--can we say there's a finite chance. I say this because mathematically this is a permutation/combination problem. How many possible combinations are required? -> 
> Quantum mechanically, all particles have two states or "spins." This means that any event that has a statistical probability of happening that is LESS than the total number particles in the universe is guaranteed to happen.
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> According to this view, life is a deterministic property based upon the total number of particles in the universe. Basically, it means that the "computer" that is the universe is guaranteed to produce life based purely on the concept of spin or "bits" in my more familiar language. -Taking these statements on all at once: there are 10^80 estimated particles: fermions and bosons. That number is a fine estimate, but as far as we know life is confined to the Earth and its 92 original elements. It is from this batch of matter that life came. We don't needs the odds of the whole universe's contents. By providing the Earth, those contingent events are over and need not be included. Origin of life is a confined to Earth problem. Origin elsewhere need not concern us. And further we can study life's design as we are doing now. We can tear a building apart and put it back together just like new. So far it doesn't work that way for so-called abiogenesis. Maybe we can't. Maybe it is too complex for human intelligence to figure out.