Dr. Ali Binazir illustrates in a blog post the extreme unlikelihood of you ever being born:
Imagine there was one life preserver thrown somewhere in some ocean and there is exactly one turtle in all of these oceans, swimming underwater somewhere. The probability that you came about and exist today is the same as that turtle sticking its head out of the water — in the middle of that life preserver. On one try.
Dr. Binazir crunched the exact numbers:
The odds of your dad meeting your mom: 1 in 20,000.
The chances of them staying together long enough to have kids: 1in 2,000.
The probability of you existing at all comes out to 1 in 102,685,000 — 10 followed by 2,685,000 zeroes.
Binazir concludes that the odds of you being alive are basically zero.
Be wondered by the mere fact that you are alive. You are truly amazing.
You are the culmination of everyone in your family tree and everything that sustained their lives.
You're not rare. You're beyond rare.
You are a one-of-a-kind, once-in-forever occurrence.
Your life is a once and done opportunity.
What life-story are you writing with your words and deeds?
What life do you want for yourself?
What do you want to give to others with whom you are sharing this mystery called life?
What are the chances of you finding and reading this blog post?
What will you do now that you read it?
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/infographic-the-odds-of-being-alive-2012-6#ixzz35PWKMXiT
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