• Question: how did the big bang theory create something as complex as the human body ?

    Asked by my1es0d to Jamie, Jodie, Kat, Mark, Niamh on 21 Mar 2011 in Categories: . This question was also asked by einstein54, tdotmanican.
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      Jamie Pringle answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      hello again my1es0d,

      Again a wide ranging question from you! Arent these two separate questions? Big bang theory is theoretical physics/philosophy and the human body is more evolution.

      I think I have already answered on the big bang, but your evolutionary question is simple to biologists, an infinite number of slight genetic mutations has given some organisms slightly better chances of survival, and therefore reproduction, which has culminated in the highly complex modern human.

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      Mark Hill answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      Hi, This question could be very philosophical and deep, concerning the luck of it all coming together, to form the vestiges of organic compounds. Yes, organic chemistry has broadly identified a lot of the complex life promoting compounds and molecules. The ‘spark’ of life is still an enigma to scientists.

      Without being too graphic, I have, at times, been to houses where the elderly person living there has not been seen for a while. When I have got in, I have found them sitting in chairs, on in bed. They have very sadly died peacefully. I have often wondered what the difference is, what is missing, now, that was there only a short while ago. The same compounds and matter makes up the person, but they are no longer alive.

      So, in answer to your question, it amazes me that, even if all the necessary chemical elements formed into molecules and then into complex compounds, that by chance happened to be the building block of basic life, what else was there to spark that life. Once life did commence, at a basic level, it does seem that Darwinist evolution does offer a form of answer to development of more and more complex life forms.

      I don’t know that my answer helps, but I am sure that I have given you some ideas to discuss with your class. I hope so. Good luck. Mark.

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      Niamh Nic Daeid answered on 16 Mar 2011:

      Hi My1es

      Thats a very complicated question !!. The big bang resulted in the production of a wide variety of chemical compounds but how those chemicals combined to form living organisms is not fully understood. If you believe in evolution and natural selection then most people agree that began in the oceans and from there evolved and adapted to its surroundings by a process of natural and became more complex to adapt to the requirements of living in their environment.

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      Jodie Dunnett answered on 21 Mar 2011:

      The big bang itself did not create the human body. Small organisms were created and over time these evolved into larger organisms which then eventually evolved into humans.

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