What's the chances

If you took a small piece of thread and someone held a needle 1000 feet away, and if you blew it out of your hand, what are the chances of it threading the needle?



Or, if you took a fine Swiss watch, completely disassembled it, put all the pieces in a plastic can. How long would you have to shake it until it all came together again and formed the watch intact?

1/3 shot.



I would say 6 minutes max. It might take a little longer if you don't have strong arms and your shaking isn't what it should be.

999/1000 times on the needle.



Maybe 5 minutes.

[quote name='T-O' date='26 August 2009 - 03:14 PM' timestamp='1251324840' post='120035']

If you took a small piece of thread and someone held a needle 1000 feet away, and if you blew it out of your hand, what are the chances of it threading the needle?



Or, if you took a fine Swiss watch, completely disassembled it, put all the pieces in a plastic can. How long would you have to shake it until it all came together again and formed the watch intact?

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So, the silly responses notwithstanding, I am sure most on here realize that these two things would be impossible even though they both have some guidance.



Now consider the piece of dead slime that suddenly, without any help, came to life, dragged its sorry rear end out of the water and became man. WOW...



And not only this once but hundreds of millions of times, becoming all other living things in this world. Now there's a real happening huh??????

[quote name='T-O' date='28 August 2009 - 09:01 PM' timestamp='1251518471' post='120176']

So, the silly responses notwithstanding, I am sure most on here realize that these two things would be impossible even though they both have some guidance.



Now consider the piece of dead slime that suddenly, without any help, came to life, dragged its sorry rear end out of the water and became man. WOW...



And not only this once but hundreds of millions of times, becoming all other living things in this world. Now there's a real happening huh??????

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Cat got your tongue all you evolutionists out there?