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The Evolution Misconception

probability of proteins, the building blocks of cell, being syn-
thesized coincidentally, is 1 in 10 950 for an average protein
made up of 500 amino acids. In mathematics, a probability
smaller than 1 over 10 50 is practically considered to be impos-
sible.
The DNA molecule, which is located in the nucleus of the cell
and which stores genetic information, is an incredible data-
bank. It is calculated that if the information coded in DNA
were written down, this would make a giant library consisting
of 900 volumes of encyclopaedias of 500 pages each.
A very interesting dilemma emerges at this point: the DNA
can only replicate with the help of some specialized proteins
(enzymes). However, the synthesis of these enzymes can only
be realized by the information coded in DNA. As they both de-
pend on each other, they have to exist at the same time for
replication. This brings the scenario that life originated by it-
self to a deadlock. Prof. Leslie Orgel, an evolutionist of repute
from the University of San Diego, California, confesses this fact
in the September 1994 issue of the Scientific American maga-
zine:

It is extremely improbable that proteins and nucleic acids, both of
which are structurally complex, arose spontaneously in the same
place at the same time. Yet it also seems impossible to have one
without the other. And so, at first glance, one might have to con-
clude that life could never, in fact, have originated by chemical
means. 7
No doubt, if it is impossible for life to have originated from
natural causes, then it has to be accepted that life was "created"

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