Re: virus: Virus: Opinions?

Nathan Russell (frussell@frontiernet.net)
Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:08:48 -0400


Johnny Rea wrote:

> Do you realize how impossible it is that the earth was formed by chance at
> just
> the right distance from the sun at just the right revolution, etc and that a
> lightning
> bolt created a molecule of 'life' that somehow evolved into modern man?
> Evidently not.
> Someone said there was a better chance of a bomb exploding in a printing
> press
> and creating the Websters Dictionary.
>

On the Earth in particular that may be true. However, in a three-dimensional
infinate universe nothing is too improbable to happen *somewhere*. How would we
know the difference if we were halfway across the universe and living under the
exact same circumstances?

--
Nathan Russell
frussell@frontiernet.net

"I am confident that the Republicans will pick a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton" -Dan Quayle on the 2000 presidential election