Re: Cosmological revolutions

From: Michael Lorrey (retroman@together.net)
Date: Thu Jul 16 1998 - 16:03:54 MDT

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Richard Schroeppel wrote:

> I would add one more data point to "we're in for a cosmological
> revolution": the existence of life.
>
> The most plausible model for the origin of life is that it requires
> 10^100+ chemical trials for the right combination of circumstances
> to occur.
>

It could simply be that 'the most plausible' model isn't quite so.

>

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