Odds Defying Logic

Improbability of life on Earth is inexplicable to scientists and statisticians. The conditions required for life to arise (with all physical constants, stable temperatures, liquid water, a protective atmosphere, and just the right balance of chemical elements) are so finely tuned that even among billions of galaxies, the chance of finding another planet with similar properties is recognised as zero. When we get down to the nitty gritty of each aspect going into this perfect cradle for life and humanity, the odds are far beyond the number of stars and planets.

This is not mere speculation; it is a mathematical certainty. The probability of all these factors aligning perfectly is so low that it defies all known models of natural processes. The idea that life and the conditions for life could have arose by accident is ignorance of the sheer magnitude of the odds against it. None have yet been able to prove that life can emerge from non-living matter. The likelihood of whatever this unobserved and unproven ‘abiogenesis’ happening upon Earth, a planet designed for life, is so improbable that it raises profound questions about the nature of reality itself.

As discussed in previous articles, this has led many physicists to propose multiverse theories to explain away the otherwise insane improbability. If there are infinite universes, then the odds of one having the right conditions for life becomes guaranteed. However this theory if overflowing with contradictions. Of course it contradicts itself since it is no explanation at all, but simply denial. Multiverse theory, essentially, is the mediocre principle on its last legs.