The official (by the International Planetary Society) "best guess" age of the universe is 14 billion years old and the Earth is 4.6 billion years old.
Now the average human being has tens of trillions of cells. Most average it between 50-75 trillion cells. Now all of these cells aren't unique, but we would have to assume that each different type has evolved seperately because they share a common ancestor of single-celled organisms. I really should get off of this topic before I get into hot water for being a moron, but I would also like to point out the other sorts of cells in other life forms. I don't know all the kingdoms but I do recall there being things like animals, plants, fungi and bacteria. There's a lot of different types of living cells that have to develop over this period of time.
Now, I admit I suck at biology and because of this, I will use another (oh no!) metaphor. I am halfway decent at math so I might use the simplified example of having 52 consecutive 6/49 winning tickets in a row. Now, as much as I would love to calculate that particular instance, I have only so much patience and free time. Let's just calculate winning it four times in a row.
First off, the 6/49 is a simple game where you pick 6 numbers out of 49. If the lotto machine produces these same numbers, you win loads of cash. This means there are 13983816 different combinations of 6 numbers out of 49. If you purchase only 1 ticket a week, this means your odds are 1:13983816.
Now I want to play two weeks in a row. I purchase one ticket the first week and one ticket the second week. My odds are now 1:195547109921856.
Three weeks in a row, odds are approximately (my calculator isn't really that smart and I am not even going to bother doing this by hand) 1:2734494804479010000000.
Four consecutive jackpot wins odds are 1:38238672198790400000000000000.
So now we try to win four weeks in a row since the birth of the Earth, a short 239200000000 weeks ago. The probability of this is gigantic 0.000000000000000006255%.
Also, I'll admit that this analogy took no consideration of Grey's apparent "billions upon billions of planets", which would be similar to billions of billions of people each trying to win that elusive four-in-a-row 6/49s. However, the trillions upon trillions of difference cell structures which had to develop on Earth alone in the exact same time frame should help to prove my point.
Negative. Crystal formations are created in an orderly fashion based on the molecular structure of the crystal's molecules. The market isn't a good analogy for a few reasons, but I will guess most will agree it isn't stable or fair. Formation of stars and planets are also based on laws of chemistry and physics.Originally Posted by grobblewobble