are we alone in the universe?

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Very interesting read. Thanks.

I have a question about one thing. You say that if life on earth dies (and assuming it is the only life in the universe) then the universe will "burn out" before the "blender" can recombine all the atoms into DNA again, therfore there will be no more life.

My question is which is longer, the time between the "big bang" and now or the time between now and the "heat death" or burn out?

Because if the time between now and the "heat death" burnout is more than the time between the "big bang" and now, then how did all the atoms have enough time to correctly combine to make life in the first place if they wouldn't have time to reorganize before the burnout?

Also, while you probably are correct in saying there wouldn't be enough time to try all the combinations of atoms, it does only take once to get it right. It wouldn't necessarily be the last possible combination that it works out right. You might get it on the firs try. Just like, to absolutely win the lotto it would cost more to buy all the tickets than what you would win, but all it takes to win is that one "lucky" ticket which can come at any time without having to buy all the tickets.

Does anyone have a clue what I just said? I probably confused the heck out of everyone. Please someone tell me you understand.