An improbable bang

The Big Bang defies probability. How could an accident produce something so ordered? Roger Penrose tells us just how unlikely it is that we should have a universe that is compatible with the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics

This now tells us how precise the Creator's aim must have been: namely to an accuracy of

one part in 10 to the power of 1230.

This is an extraordinary figure. One could not possibly even write the number down in full. Even if we were to write a "0" on each separate proton and each separate neutron in the entire universe - and we could throw in all the other particles as well for good measure - we should fall far short of writing down the figure needed.

Its important to say that Penrose's use of 'Creator' here is not in any theistic sense.