The Nature of Humans. Almost Impossible
This essay examines the probability of 7 billion humans forming in the Universe out of the basic constituents of matter, atoms, sub-atomic particles, waves and energy.
Precept.
The probability of an event A is the number of ways event A can occur divided by the total number of possible outcomes. An outcome of zero is impossible. An outcome of 1 is certain.
Source: www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol6/intro_probability.html
Method
The age of the observable Universe, its nature, its total number of atoms and the total number of atoms in the total human population, the density of matter in the Universe and the density of matter in a human being can be related to produce the total number of possible outcomes at an atomic scale level of the Universe. A probability of an event occurring can then be determined.
The Age of the Observable Universe.
The Observable Universe began approx. 13,772,000,000 to 13,820,000,000 years ago (380,000 years after Big Bang).
Source: http://www.space.com/24054-how-old-is-the-universe.html
Life has been in existence on Earth for 3.8 Billion years.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_evolutionary_history_of_life
This allows for a probability of 3,800,000,000 / 13,820,000,000 = 0.27. Almost impossible.
Ancestors of Humans have existed on Earth for 540,000,000 years.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38800987
This allows for a probability of in ancestor years of 540,000,000 / 13,820,000,000 = 0.039. Almost impossible.
Modern Humans have existed for 200,000 years.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens
This allows for a probability of in modern human years of 200,000 / 13,820,000,000 = 0.00001. Almost impossible.
The Nature of the Observable Universe.
The nature of the Universe has changed over time.
In the Quark to Photon Epoch the Observable Universe consisted of.
10% Neutrinos, 15% Photons, 12% atoms, 23% Dark Matter.
The present Universe is formed of.
4.6% atoms, 23% Dark Matter, 72% Dark Energy.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abundance_of_the_chemical_elements
5 Year WMAP Data.
This allows for a probability of in atom percentage of initially
12 / 100 = 0.12. Almost impossible.
And currently
4.6 / 100 = 0.046. Almost impossible.
The Total Number of Atoms in the Observable Universe and Human Beings
The Universe has between 4e+79 and 4e+81 atoms.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_number
Allowing for 4e+80 total atoms.
Allowing for 92 % of the mass; number of atoms, of the Universe to be hydrogen is 3.68e+80 atoms.
Allowing for 8% of the mass; number of atoms, of the Universe to be helium is 3.2e+79
atoms.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abundance_of_the_chemical_elements
Allowing for the current population of the Earth; 7,000,000,000 humans; to represent the number of ways event A can occur.
Source: www.worldometers.info/world-population/
The Number of atoms in a human being of 70 Kg human is approx. 7e+27 atoms
For a population of 7,000,000,000 humans this allows for 4.9e+37 atoms.
Source: education.jlab.org/qa/mathatom_04.html
This allows for a probability of in total number of atoms in all human beings to the total number of atoms in the universe of.
4.9e+37 / 4e+80 = 1.225e-43. Almost impossible.
The Density of Matter in the Observable Universe and Human Beings
The Universe has a density of 1 atom per cubic metre.
‘Plasma with a number density of less than one hydrogen atom per cubic metre and a temperature of millions of kelvins in the space between galaxies accounts for most of the baryonic (ordinary) matter in outer space; local concentrations have condensed into stars and galaxies.’
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_space
Allowing for a human to be a standard 70 kg.
Allowing for a human to have a density of 985kg/m3
Allows for a human to be a volume of 0.07 m3
This allows for 1 human to have a 7e+27 atoms per 0.07 m3
This allows for 7e+27 x 14.28 per m3 or 9.996e+28 atoms per m3
7,00,000,000 humans would have 6.9972e+38 atoms per m3
The observable Universe is not large enough to accommodate all the atoms in 1 human being at the density of 1 atom per cubic metre. To accommodate all humans is even less possible.
This allows for a probability of density of atoms in the universe to density of atoms in all human beings at the same density per cubic metre of.
1 / 6.9972e+38 = 1.4291431e-39. Almost impossible.
Conclusions
The probability of 7 billion humans forming in the Universe out of the basic constituents of matter, atoms, sub-atomic particles, waves and energy is therefore shown to be almost impossible.
Ian K Whittaker
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28/03/2017
14/10/2020
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