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Now remembering from this last calculation, that we were
looking for just one model protein, the result of the calculation means that
there is only one chance in 10390 tries of finding our model protein.
Just for a moment, however, pretend that there were 100, or 102
model proteins that we were looking for. In that instance we would have 102
chances out of 10390 tries to find our model. This would be
the same 102/10390 = 1/10388, or one chance out
of 10388 tries.
But we saw from the first calculation that observed life
actually existed in 1.8 x 1012 different proteins. We may,
therefore, consider them as the model proteins that we are looking for. Under those
circumstances we would have 1.8 x 1012 chances out
of 10390 tries to find any one of our known proteins of life.
Mathematically that can be represented as:
(1.8 x 1012)/10390 = 1.8/10378 or, for all intents
when considering such large numbers, 1/10378.
What this is saying is that there is only one chance
in 10378 tries to have random processes which would generate
a single life producing protein from the available pool of 1.8 x 1012
proteins. This compares with the calculation of Bradley and Thaxton referred to
on page 58 where, with a model protein of 100 amino acids, they calculated that
for a single protein there would be one chance in 10191 tries to get
it by random selection. 2.09
Since probability analysis is a key component of
much of modern scientific thought, it seems a reasonable approach to use
this same component for scientists to evaluate religious thought. However,
the common tendency by those interested in religion is to use probabilistic analysis only
to demonstrate life could not have occurred by chance, as shown above. A
rational extension to this approach is for those of faith, who are mathematically inclined,
to use these scientifically accepted processes as a basis for predicting and
demonstrating the probability atoms, molecules, cells, organs, eyes, brains, life, minerals,
geologic systems, weather patterns, planetary movement, astrophysical expansion, or
other building block components of life were organized by an intelligent designer,
rather than appearing randomly by chance.
Not being much of a mathematician, I will not attempt to
prove God exists by probability analysis. However, given
this framework introduction, the concepts behind probability theory will be scattered
throughout the text. In addition, there are other mathematical constructs,
like holography, which are a potential framework for integrating the science-religion matrix.
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