Ultra-Deep Background on Dave Grohl: Part 3
b'Whenever you\\u2019re having a bad day, I want to think of this number\\u2026the probability of you existing\\u2014that you\\u2019re this sentient being, alive in this vast universe\\u2014is exceedingly small\\u2026in fact, it\\u2019s about zero\\u2026\\n\\nYour mom and dad have to meet\\u2026they have to stay together long enough to have kids\\u2026then that egg and that sperm have to connect, and so on\\u2026\\n\\nA guy by the name of Dr. Ali Binazir has calculated the odds of you being you\\u2026by that number is 1 followed by 2,685,000 zeroes\\u2026\\n\\nBy way of analogy, here\\u2019s how he describes it\\u2026\\n\\nImagine there was one life preserver thrown somewhere in some ocean and there is exactly one turtle in all of these oceans, swimming underwater somewhere. \\n\\n\\xa0The probability that you came about and exist today is the same as that turtle sticking its head out of the water \\u2014 in the middle of that life preserver. On one try.\\n\\nMind-boggling, right?...now let\\u2019s get even weirder\\u2026add in the chances of you getting into a band that becomes successful\\u2026and not just successful, but a group that becomes world-changing\\u2026add another six zeroes to that last number\\u2026\\n\\nNow consider this: what if you got into a second successful band that stays together for decades and also becomes one of the biggest things rock has ever seen\\u2026that\\u2019s good for, what, three more zeroes?...\\n\\nSo in this completely unscientific extrapolation of Dr. Binazir\\u2019s estimation of the uniqueness of existence, the chances of Dave Grohl being Dave Grohl is approximately one in two quadrillion, 685 trillion\\u2026give or take\\u2026\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nThis is the third and final part of our ultra-deep look at the guy\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'