No chance by chance
Dears
Please listen carefully
And let maths speaks
For an “average sized” single protein
To form by chance
From a group of amino acids
The probability is:
Not one in a million
Not one in a billion
Not one in a trillion
Not even one in zillion
Not one in zillion… zillion… zillion
Zillion… zillion… zillion
And I don’t even know
What zillion is
The probability is:
One in
A number that we can’t even read
That consists of one
And in front of it
Three hundred zeros!
In mathematics
If the probability is smaller
Than one in
10000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
000000000000000000000000000000
(150 zeros)
It is accepted as a zero probability
But wait
This is not
The end of the story
That is … only
Just one
Humble protein
If we explore more:
One of the smallest bacteria
Ever discovered
Have 600 proteins
What about a human cell
We need millions of proteins
We also need:
Nucleic acids
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Vitamins
Electrolytes
And many other chemicals
Arranged in a specific proportion
Harmony
And design
In terms of both structure
And function
Don’t you think that
Saying that all this is accidental
Is a little bit OTT
This is beyond probability
If not
I want to ask you
One simple question
Just do me a favour
And make me
A fly
29-03-2006
Filed under: mind songs |
Poetry for Palestine 
Leave a Reply