It’s a Preposterous Mathematical Miracle That You Exist

Tom Hanratty
Woodworkers of the World Unite!!!
2 min readMay 3, 2024

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So, what are you going to do with this incredible gift?

“Imagine there was one life preserver thrown somewhere in some ocean, and there is exactly one turtle in all of these world oceans, swimming underwater somewhere. The probability that you came about and exist today is the same as that turtle sticking its head out of the water — in the middle of that life…

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Tom Hanratty
Woodworkers of the World Unite!!!

Scribbler of stories, lover of mysteries, retired Forensic Investigator and Tracker of critters. tomhanratty@substack.com