Dr Ali Binazir is the author of the 'The Tao of Dating: The Smart Woman's Guide to Being Absolutely Irresistible', the highest-rated dating book on Amazon.co. In a recent talk at TEDx San Francisco, Mel Robbins, a riotously funny self-help author, mentioned that scientists estimate the probability of your being born at about one in 400 trillion. Dr Ali Binazir, Contributor Author, Happiness Engineer & Personal Growth consultant creating tools for greater wellness & flourishing Jun 16, 2011, 03:58 PM EDT | Updated Aug 16, 2011 This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. First, let us figure out the probability of one turtle sticking its head out of the one life preserver we toss out somewhere in the ocean. Remember the sperm-meeting-egg argument for the creation of you, since each gamete is unique? But let's think about this some more. One in 400 trillion vs one in 700 trillion? Seriously, look around, look up to the sky, take this all in. A man will produce about 12 trillion sperm over the course of his reproductive lifetime. or one in 6.821014, or about 1 in 700 trillion. The first single-cell organism emerging from an inanimate chemical soup is not something that could have happened by chance. Say that over the course of all human existence, the likelihood of any one human offspring to survive childhood and live to reproductive age and have at least one kid is 50:50 -- one in two. What it took to get us all here, in this time, together, seems too precious to let pass us by without open hearts. Also follow me on Instagram @RecovHer and visit my RecovHer YouTube Channel for more sober tools and tips. We do not only have common English names, but also uncommon ones that have unique origins and meanings. In it, she mentioned that scientists calculate the probability of your existing as you, today, at about one in 400 trillion (410 14). Think about yourself.You are here becauseYour dad met your mom.Then your dad and mom conceived you.So a particular egg in your momJoined a particular sperm from your dadWhich could only happen because not one of your direct ancestors, going all the way back to the beginning of life itself, died before passing on his or her genesSo what are the chances of you happening?Of you being here? The moon is about 240,000 miles from the Earth. He concluded that the chances of a turtle sticking its head out in the middle of the life preserver was about one in 700 trillion.