2006-09-10 09:59:06 · 17 answers · asked by I tell you whut! 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
No it just seems too perfect.
2006-09-10 10:17:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Chance" is simply a term we give to our ignorance
of a series of events. It is not a force or causative
agent of any kind. No, life would not have arisen
"by chance". It arose because the physical and
chemical properties of the substances involved
made it possible. Because we don't know what
the conditions were, and possibly don't know what
the crucial properties of the substances were we
tend to say it happened by chance. This simply
means we can't specify the conditions that made
it possible, but obviously something allowed it to
happen or we wouldn't be here. There is no need
to involve god in the process. In fact, it is rather
an insult to the hypothetical god to think s/he would
need to intervene to allow it. If it was part of the
original plan of the creation of the universe then it
would happen automatically without the need of
further intervention.
2006-09-11 04:54:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It is possible. There are many theories, and many experiments showing how this might have occurred, given the conditions and ingredients on the early earth. (See source.)
For people who insist that it is so unlikely as to be impossible, some things to keep in mind:
1. The result does not have to be something as complex as a human being, or even a human cell, or even a single-celled organism like a bacterium. The earliest life form can be as simple as a droplet of lipids (fats) with some basic RNA replication. Natural selection does the rest.
2. The early earth was a violent place, with no oxygen in the atmosphere (which in todays atmosphere breaks down organic compounds as fast as they occur), or ozone layer (which blocks UV radiation from the sun ... UV radiation causes all sorts of organic bonding to occur at very fast rates), and lots of volcanic activity churning up undersea steam vents with lots of energy, etc.. I.e., the early earth was a *great* place for slimy soupy organic compounds to percolate for a billion years.
3. In all the earth's water bodies, these organic reactions were happening billions of times a second, for a billion years. That is an astronomical number of "lottery tickets."
4. This is just one planet among a billion planets in a billion galaxies. And the universe has been churning out planets for almost 14 billion years! Again, that's a LOT of "lottery tickets."
5. It only has to happen once, in some random planet anywhere in the universe, for natural selection to take hold and eventually produce a life form clever enough to wonder about its own origins.
So, yes, it's possible. In fact, based on the above, the odds are quite good that it has happened many times in this universe. There are just too many "lottery tickets" for us to imagine that we are the *only* winner.
2006-09-10 12:36:10 · answer #3 · answered by secretsauce 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, after all there are a few inventions that have been discovered by a chance sequence of event. Examples I can think off is gun powder and (discovered when trying to find the Exlier of Life) and Penacinine (or how ever you spell it and I don't know what they were looking for when they found that).
Accidents seem to be the way technology evolves.
2006-09-10 10:02:47 · answer #4 · answered by earthangel_ghost 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
too many chance events to be just chance...
Its more like a sequence of evolving Computer code working together, than things happening by chance...
2006-09-10 10:03:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing happens by chance. Even granting the accuracy of evolutionary principles, God still had a vital part in the occurrence.
2006-09-10 10:06:02 · answer #6 · answered by nacmanpriscasellers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who do you believe,we are sum of our experiences and we are conditioned at a very early age.
To know reality identifying truth or lies, is a personal journey your mind should be open like a parachute. Mortal man has many limitations but he may have a Soul.
2006-09-10 10:21:53 · answer #7 · answered by alcaro31 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is theoretically possible. Just like a bunch of monkeys sitting at their computer typing away. Sooner or later, the probability is that they would have written the complete works of Shakespeare.
2006-09-10 10:08:08 · answer #8 · answered by knighttemplar1119 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Anythings possible, including both evolution and creationism, when we have as little hard data as we do on the origins of life.
2006-09-10 10:02:06 · answer #9 · answered by juicy_wishun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Where is there any proof that life can germinate from no life? Why do people believe this primordeal soup thing. It doesn't make sense, whether you are religious or not.
2006-09-10 10:07:56 · answer #10 · answered by Wait a Minute 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
apparently so, according to the latest theories
2006-09-10 10:08:27 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋