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by chiefalchemist 2961 days ago
Agreed. But just the same, given the number of cells, the number of a species, the amount of time...I think you see where this is going.

The occurance of something is also a function of the total universe of occurrences. This doesn't seem to be part of the "close to impossible" numbers being mentioned.

If life itself was the result of a roll of the cosmic dice then anything down stream sounds reasonable.