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The most likely explanation is probably that we are an accident.
最可能的解釋就是，也許我們的存在只是一次意外
Just by chance, some molecules bumped into each other at random
機緣巧合下，一些分子隨機地進入其他分子
until finally one formed that could copy itself.
直到最后組合了一個可以自我復制的個體
Then began the slow process of evolution
接著，緩慢的進化過程開始了
that led to all the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth.
這形成了地球上生命的多樣性
Life seems to be simply
只要有適宜的環境
what matter does given the right conditions and enough time.
和充足的時間，物質似乎就能構成生命
I think that life is probably quite common throughout the universe,
我認為生命遍及整個宇宙
but that's another tale all together.
不過那是另外一個故事了
As life developed, it changed the planet on which it was born,
生命在演替的同時，也改變著孕育它的星球
altering the very fabric of the Earth.
改變著地球特有的構造
After four and a half billion years, the human race arrived on the scene.
45億年后，人類登場了
But one thing often troubles people when they hear this story.
但人們聽這故事時，常常被一個問題困擾
How could such an astounding chain of events
一系列導致我們出現的事件
which resulted in us be an accident?
怎會僅出于偶然
Perhaps science has revealed there is some higher authority at work,
或許科學已經揭示還有更高等的權威在運作
setting the laws of nature so that our universe and we can exist.
制定自然法則，使宇宙和我們得以存在
On the face of it,
乍看起來
life does seem to be too unlikely to be just a coincidence.
生命的出現不太可能是巧合
Think about it.
仔細想想
The Earth lies at exactly the right distance
地球恰好與太陽距離適當
from the sun to allow liquid water to exist on its surface.
使地表能夠存在液態水
And the sun just happens to be the right size
而太陽也恰好大小適中
to burn for billions of years long enough for life to have evolved.
足以燃燒數十億年，足夠生命得以進化
The solar system is littered with all the elements needed for life.
太陽系中充滿生命所需的所有元素
These elements themselves are only possible
只有古老恒星消亡
because of older stars that have burned out.
這些元素才能產生
These older stars only existed
而只因為早期原始氣團的微不均勻
because of a tiny unevenness in the early primordial gas,
這些古老恒星才能存在
that was itself produced by a one in a billion imbalance
它自身源于大爆炸產生的粒子海洋中
in the sea of particles that came from the Big Bang.
十億分之一的不平衡
