Natural Selection and Evolution

Upper Limit on Number of Tries

Once self replication evolves, the number of tries is determined by population size and time. The number of stars in the universe does not play into evolution once life is on its way.

        The only opportunity to accumulate tries is during reproduction. Thus, the number of tries that any animal or plant accumulates each year is proportional to how many offspring it produces.

        The most abundant, fastest reproducing organisms accumulate the most tries. The unquestionable leaders are bacteria, and the numbers are staggering. For every insect on the planet there are 500 billion bacteria. For every star in the universe, there are 10 million bacteria. Furthermore, when conditions are optimal one bacterium can split into two bacteria in a matter of minutes. One study estimates that 1.7 x 10³⁰ bacteria are born each year.⁶

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