Show Possibility That Life Processes May J Have Started by Pure Chance By DR D. D W. W SWANN Philadelphia has always alwa's felt that everything that happened could be traced to some cause which in turn vas always had a definite effect But we now know that the results of purely physical phenomena n such as the transmission of heat depend upon what science inadequately calls laws of which probability is just another name for chance or luck Either one accepts the view i w of creation handed down by the Bible or else the scientist nods his head and sas sa's says h he ran can lOt answer the question Life prot processes esses may have started by pure ch chance nCe As a matter of fact even the subconscious belief prevalent among phy-ich phy phy ns that laws of chance as introduced into their own subject were m merely rely makeshifts for something more fundamental has in the pant t year received a severe blow J For in the most modern development of atomic structure the oM old idea of the uni universality and definiteness nesB of the la laws s which control the aCtions of the most fundamental entity in al all the physics electron electron- have ha had to give way to laws aws of chance No longer do we sa say that if nn an electron finds itself in an electric field a certain consequence will d Jollow We say only that there is a probability that such and such will take plaCe No longer do we rest in the belief that the velocity of an electron will remain constant so sa long fiS as it t lis is not under influence of an electric elec elec- electric its its' of motion From at field It may suddenly change state being rest r st it may su suddenly decide to move moe about like a dog tired of inaction All that this means to the layman is that science by chance may run into the secret of s synthetic without lire out now even eyen knowing anything about its start There is no telling how soon or how long before something some some- thing may happen n to open the volume to the right page 3 I I |