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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 25 Jan 2015

    Seeing God in the life-sustaining conditions on Earth is like seeing every lottery winner as a miracle: Lo prob post-hoc = Hi prob overall.

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      1. J. E. Sgian‏ @JamesSkene1 16 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker No. Lottery set up to win by chance periodically. Cosmic #s statistically "impossible", like winning trillion lotteries at once.

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      1. ᗡʎs˥exicƃǝuıns‏ @eusebiusclay 25 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker Specifically, highly evolved intelligence - the types that do not assist with survival or reproduction.

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      1. ᗡʎs˥exicƃǝuıns‏ @eusebiusclay 25 Jan 2015
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        .@sapinker The anthropic principle is a weak argument for God in context of conditions for life; becomes stronger in context of intelligence

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      1. John Malik‏ @kilamie 25 Jan 2015
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        "Life sustaining conditions" is just one fragment of truth as a whole. @sapinker

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      1. J. E. Sgian‏ @JamesSkene1 25 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker No. Lottery is set up to win by chance periodically. Cosmic #s statistically "impossible", like winning trillion lotteries at once

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      1. Eoin Norris‏ @enorris 25 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker the universe is more problematic.

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      1. Jon Skellington highfiver‏ @Vernacularshift 25 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker if we go far enough out in time and space, we'd end up discovering untold numbers of other "Gods," then as well.

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      2. Reese Havlatka‏ @reesehav 25 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker I see your point, but I think there's an element of awe + grace in creation the lottery doesn't offer. Then again, I've never won.

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      3. Olav Wennevold‏ @23haldenkam 25 Jan 2015
        Replying to @reesehav

        @reesehav @sapinker I can understand awe, it really is awe inspiring, but grace? What makes you think that? Seems like wishful thinking?

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      4. Reese Havlatka‏ @reesehav 25 Jan 2015
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        @23haldenkam Grace from universe/God/whatever for conditions on Earth 2 sustain life. Could be wishful thinking; I feel grateful for it.

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      2. Arqahn‏ @Arqahn 25 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker Do you have any math on that?

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      3. Kasper Hawser‏ @Gossenphilosoph 25 Jan 2015
        Replying to @Arqahn

        @Arqahn @sapinker Around 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 planets in observable universe. Even if chance of live is tiny, it will happen.

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      4. Arqahn‏ @Arqahn 25 Jan 2015
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        @Gossenphilosoph @sapinker sounds like a faith statement to me.

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      5. Kasper Hawser‏ @Gossenphilosoph 25 Jan 2015
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        @Arqahn @sapinker What? It's stochastics. If I bought you 10^24 lottery tickets, you could expect to win. No faith required.

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      6. Arqahn‏ @Arqahn 25 Jan 2015
        Replying to @Gossenphilosoph

        @Gossenphilosoph @sapinker Until we actually find life elsewhere, we have not found life elsewhere. I know that is basic, but still true.

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      7. Kasper Hawser‏ @Gossenphilosoph 25 Jan 2015
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        @Arqahn @sapinker That is correct. But it does not mean we can't make an educated guess about the existence of life elsewhere.

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      8. Arqahn‏ @Arqahn 25 Jan 2015
        Replying to @Gossenphilosoph

        @Gossenphilosoph @sapinker Yes. It just seems a bit funny to me that however certain anyone is, this is still just a guess.

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