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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Most of us here believe that life began not from a creator, but just began. There is a theory that a primordial ooze had a mix of chemicals that has been recreated in a lab. Scientists have been able to create proteins from the mix. This required some long odds though. Then the proteins could come to life if struck by lightening, although this would only be a one in a billion chance (I'm making up the numbers, but not the concept). so that by the time you get to there being organisms moving around, it's a trillion to 1 shot, BUT there are 10 trillion stars, so the odds aren't that long.

To me that math says there are other planets with life, or that the odds are in favor (of course every estimate is a crap shoot too ).

One there are organisms, intelligent life doesn't seem a stretch to me, evolution gets you to that.

That's the math you were getting all aflutter over?