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The primary reason why the theory of evolution ended
up in such a great impasse regarding the origin of life is that
even those living organisms deemed to be the simplest have
incredibly complex structures. The cell of a living thing is
more complex than all of our man-made technological prod-
ucts. Today, even in the most developed laboratories of the
world, a living cell cannot be produced by bringing organic
chemicals together.
The conditions required for the formation of a cell are too
great in quantity to be explained away by coincidences. The
probability of proteins, the building blocks of a cell, being
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synthesized coincidentally, is 1 in 10 for an average protein
made up of 500 amino acids. In mathematics, a probability
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smaller than 1 over 10 is considered to be impossible in
practical terms.
The DNA molecule, which is located in the nucleus of a
cell and which stores genetic information, is an incredible
databank. If the information coded in DNA were written
down, it would make a giant library consisting of an esti-
mated 900 volumes of encyclopedias consisting of 500 pages
each.
A very interesting dilemma emerges at this point: DNA
can replicate itself only with the help of some specialized
proteins (enzymes). However, the synthesis of these enzymes
can be realized only by the information coded in DNA. As
they both depend on each other, they have to exist at the
same time for replication. This brings the scenario that life
originated by itself to a deadlock. Prof. Leslie Orgel, an evo-
lutionist of repute from the University of San Diego,
California, confesses this fact in the September 1994 issue of

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