For Inquisitor, et al: What is Evolution?

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Any unbiased statistician calculating even the probabilities of a living human cell with dna and all would have to conclude that all that is required for it to formulate without intelligence, as observed, is nigh unto impossible.

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In addition to what Zephyr said, you're confusing your statistics.For instance, the likelihood that you will win the lottery is remote enough that you can safely say it will never happen. The likelihood that someone will win the lottery is very different.The universe is a very, very big place. Plenty of planets with losing lottery tickets.------------------
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Dan Carroll

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But then compare the likelihood of someone winning the lottery to someone eventually emerging from inorganic particles.

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And then compare the number of people buying lottery tickets to the number of planets in the universe. It's a matter of ratios.If it's a one in a hundred kajillion* chance, and there are a hundred kajillion planets it could have happened on, then all of a sudden the chances look pretty good that it would happen somewhere.* - completely arbitrary, possibly made-up number.------------------
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Dan Carroll