I agree with your main argument. Assigning probabilities to events which we don't fully understand is somewhat rediculous. Any sort of argument that uses a figure like "10^26, yada yada" is interesting because its the best science with the knowledge we have right now. But trying to figure out how life began/was created is so difficult, we don't even know what we don't know. Any statistics we come up with are derived from a hopelessly incomplete picture.
religion survives because it changes.
science survives in the same way, by changing and updating its theories. the way in which it changes is a bit different since it is bound by the scientific method but in principle is the same.
besides, religion isn't an abstract theory out there to be proven or struck down. human beings created religion for reasons unrelated to any scientific revelation that may come by from time to time.
religion is here to stay.
But one person finds this reply useful, I'll be happy.:)
There exists an alternative to downloading the horrid Real Player. Try googling "Real Alternative". It is a freely available codec that can work with any standard media player (such as Media Player Classic). Infact, I think it comes bundled with MPC. As far as I know, it works well.
Most MP3 sharing programs employ file identification methods via CRC or some similiar mechanism. So unless record companies can log on enough clients with the same copy of the bogus MP3, this method will not work.
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I agree with your main argument. Assigning probabilities to events which we don't fully understand is somewhat rediculous. Any sort of argument that uses a figure like "10^26, yada yada" is interesting because its the best science with the knowledge we have right now. But trying to figure out how life began/was created is so difficult, we don't even know what we don't know. Any statistics we come up with are derived from a hopelessly incomplete picture.
religion survives because it changes. science survives in the same way, by changing and updating its theories. the way in which it changes is a bit different since it is bound by the scientific method but in principle is the same. besides, religion isn't an abstract theory out there to be proven or struck down. human beings created religion for reasons unrelated to any scientific revelation that may come by from time to time. religion is here to stay.
You because you bothered to post.
But one person finds this reply useful, I'll be happy. :)
There exists an alternative to downloading the horrid Real Player. Try googling "Real Alternative". It is a freely available codec that can work with any standard media player (such as Media Player Classic). Infact, I think it comes bundled with MPC. As far as I know, it works well.
Most MP3 sharing programs employ file identification methods via CRC or some similiar mechanism. So unless record companies can log on enough clients with the same copy of the bogus MP3, this method will not work.
He averaged less than 50 cents per person.