Page 63 - Die Kette der Wunder

HARUN YAHYA (ADNAN OKTAR)

Professor Roger Penrose, the famous British
mathematician, calculated the probability of a
universe that allowed life to come into being by
chance. He included all physical factors in his
calculations, bore in mind the number of differ-
ent ways they could be strung together, and
worked out the chances of an environment ca-
pable of sustaining life emerging amidst all the
other probable outcomes of the Big Bang.
The probability that Penrose calculated was: 1 in
10 123 !
It’s hard even to imagine the significance of
such a number. In mathematics, 10 10 123 signifies a
1 followed by 123 zeroes (above left).
Even this number, representing a 1 followed by
123 zeroes, is a literally astronomical figure,
even greater than the total of all atoms in the
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universe (10 ). But the number calculated by
Penrose is far greater for it has 10 123 zeros fol-
lowing the number 1. Penrose says, “Even if we
were to write a 0 on each separate proton and on
each separate neutron in the entire universe—
and we could throw in all the other particles for
good measure—we should fall far short of writ-
ing down the figure needed.”