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WHAT ARE THE ODDS?

What are the odds?

What are the odds that you exist, as you, today?
Author Ali Binazir attemps to quantify the probability that you came about and
exist as you today, and reveals that the odds of you existing are almost zero.

LET'S START SMALL
What is the probability of your dad meeting your mom?
Though the world was smaller 20 years ago, your dad could have met almost 200
million of its women (go dad!)
But over 25 years, he probably met around 10,000 women.
So the odds that your mom was in this small group and met your dad is: 1 in
20,000

BUT WE KNOW HOW TRICKY LOVE CAN BE.
What is the probability that they stay together long enough to have kids?
It is a 1 in 10 chance that they talk to each other.
Also a 1 in 10 chance that they go on a second date.
Another 1 in 10 chance that they keep dating for a while.
And a coin toss if they stay together long enough for offspring.
Thus, the odds that your parents' meeting results in kids is: 1 in 2,000

So far, the combines odds of you being here are: 1 in 40,000,000 That is about
the size of the population of California.

NOW THINGS ARE GOING TO GET PRETTY INTERESTING
Why? Because we are about to deal with eggs and sperm, which come in large
numbers.
Mom has about 100,000 eggs in her lifetime.
Dad makes about 4 trillion sperm during the years you could have been born.

What are the odds that the 1 egg... (Sally)...
...met the 1 sperm, which together made you(and not your brother)? (Harry)
1 in 400,000,000,000,000,000 (1 in 400 quadrillion)That is approximately the
volume in cubic meters of the Atlantic Ocean (3,236x10 17 cubic meters).

BUT WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED
Because your existence here, now, and on planet earth presupposes another
supremely unlikely and utterly undeniable chain of events. Namely, that every
one of your ancestors lived to reproductive age- going all the way back not just
to the first Homo sapiens, first Homo erectus and Homo habilis, but all the way
back to the first single-celled organism. You are a representative of an
unbroken lineage of life going back 4 billion years.

What are the odds that you lineage remained unbroken for the length of human
existence?
(You.Aw.)
1 in 2 odds that a child will be born, grow, and reproduce per generation...
... for 150,000 generations

1 in 10 45,000
That's a 10 with 45,000 zeroes after it.

How large is that number?
That number is not just larger than all the particles in the universe-it is
larger that all the particles in the universe if each particle were itself a
universe.

THAT'S PRETTY BIG, BUT WAIT A MINUTE.
The right sperm also had to meet the right egg for every single one of those
ancestors.

(Weeeee!)
ODDS OF THE RIGHT SPERM, MEETING THE RIGHT EGG 150,000 TIMES?
1 in 10 2,640,000
That is 1 quadrillion multiplied by 1 quadrillion for every generation.

Let's add it all up

10 2,640,000 x 10 45,000 x 2000 x 20,000= 1 in 10 2,685,000

BY COMPARISON:
The number of atoms in the body of an average male (80kg. 175 lb) is about: 10
27
The number of atoms making up the earth is about: 10 50
The number of atoms in the known universe is estimated at: 10 80

THINK OF IT LIKE THIS:
It is the probability of 2 million people getting together (about the population
of San Diego) each to play a game of dice with trillion-sided dice. They each
roll the dice, and they all come up with the exact same number-for example,
550,343,279,001.

SO, THE ODDS THAT YOU EXIST AT ALL ARE:
BASICALLY ZERO.

A miracle is an event so unlikely as to be almost impossible. By that
definition, we have just shown that you are a miracle.

Now go forth and feel and ac like the miracle that you are. what are the odds?
What are the odds that you exist, as you, today? Author Ali Binazir attemps to
quantify the probability that you came about and exist as you today, and reveals
that the odds of you existing are almost zero. START LET'S START SMALL. What is
the probability of your dad meeting your mom? Sa the odds that your mom was in
this small group and met your dad is: But over 25 years, he probably met around
10,000 women. Though the world was smaller 20 years ago, your dad could have met
almost 200 million of its women (go dad! 1 in 20,000 BUT WE KNOW HOW TRICKY LOVE
CAN BE. What is the probability that they stay together long enough to have
kids? Thus, the odds that your parents' meeting results in kids is: 1 in 2,000
Also a 1 in 10 chance that And a coin toss if they stay together lang enough for
offspring. It is a 1 in 10 chance that they talk to each other. Another 1 in 10
chance that they keep dating for a while. they go on a second date. 1 in
40,000,000 So far, the combined odds of you being here are: That is about the
size of the population of California. NOW THINGS ARE GOING TO GET PRETTY
INTERESTING. Why? Because we are about to deal with eggs and sperm, which come
in large numbers. Mom has about 100,000 eggs in her lifetime. Dad makes about 4
trillion sperm during the years you could have been born. What are the odds that
the 1 egg... ..met the 1 sperm, which together made you (and not your brother)?
|Sally) (Harry.) 1 in 400,000,000,000,000,000 (1 in 400 quadrillion) That is
approximately the volume in cubic meters of the Atlantic Ocean (3.236x10 cubic
meters). BUT WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED. Because your existence here, now, and
on planet earth presupposes another supremely unlikely and utterly undeniable
chain of events. Namely, that every one of your ancestors lived to reproductive
age going all the way back not just to the first Homo sapiens, first Homo
erectus and Homo habilis, but all the way back to the first single-celled
organism. You are a representative of an unbroken lineage of life going back 4
billion years. (You. Aw.) What are the odds that your lineage remained unbroken
for the length of human existence? 1 in 2 odds that a child will be born, grow,
and reproduce per generation. That number is not just larger than all of the
particles in the universe - it is larger than all the particles in the universe
if each particle were itself a universe. ..for 150,000 generations. 1 in
1045,000 That's a 10 with 45,000 zeroes after it. How large is that number?
THAT'S PRETTY BIG, BUT WAIT A MINUTE. That is 1 quadrillion multiplied by 1
quadrillion for every generation. The right sperm also had to meet the right egg
for every single one of those ancestors. Weeeeell ODDS OF THE RIGHT SPERM,
MEETING THE RIGHT EGG 150,000 TIMES? 1 in 102,640,000 let's add it all up
2,640,000 45,000 10 х 10 х 2000 х 20,000 ~ 1 in 102,685,000 BY COMPARISON: The
number of atoms in the body of an average male (80kg, 175 lb) is about: 1027 The
number of atoms making up the 1050 earth is about: 1080 The number of atoms in
the known universe is estimated at: THINK OF IT LIKE THIS: It is the probability
of 2 million people getting together (about the population of San Diego) each to
play a game of dice with trillion-sided dice. They each roll the dice, and they
all come up with the exact same number – for example, 550,343,279,001. SO, THE
ODDS THAT EXIST AT ALL ARE: Basically zero. A miracle is an event so unlikely as
to be almost impossible. By that definition, we have just shown that you are a
miracle. * Now go forth and feel and act like the miracle that you are. * visual
ly SOURCE:
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/abinazir/2011/06/15/what-are-chances-you-would-be-born/

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