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[โ€“] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

a God? Maybe. There are too many technical coincidences in life and physics for me to believe all of it was random chance.

the God? Nah. I was raised non-denominational Christian but I don't even go as far as to claim that anymore.

[โ€“] theKalash@feddit.ch 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are too many technical coincidences in life and physics for me to believe all of it was random chance

Just factor in the size and age of the universe. With enough chances, everything that can happen eventually will happen.

[โ€“] pescetarian@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But provided that the universe is infinite! Only in this case, the postulate is really true.

[โ€“] theKalash@feddit.ch 4 points 1 year ago

It can also be true in a finite universe. It just has to be big enough for the event with the smallest probability to happen once.