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Primordial Groove · 11-16-2002, 03:13 PM

<a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.12/convergence.html" target="_blank"> Pathetic </a>

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To the late astronomer Fred Hoyle, who calculated the conditions necessary to create carbon in 1953, the odds of this match occurring by chance seemed so phenomenally low that he converted from atheism to a belief that the universe reflects a "purposeful intelligence." Hoyle declared, "The probability of life originating at random is so utterly minuscule as to make the random concept absurd." That is to say, Hoyle's faith in chance was shaken by evidence of purpose, a reversal of the standard postmodern experience, and one shared by many of his successors today.

Interesting article..if you dig the god fo the gaps arguement. OR, if you like to think that alot of scientists are converting to religion because of unexplainables.

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