Re:Does this make you stop at all? (Score 1)

The difference is that in the solar system, certain dependable laws apply which TEND to make certain events more likely. Gravity is a good example - without it everything would just drift about, only encountering other things by chance - the likelihood of all the right ingredients for life coming together in the same place would be miniscule - and even if they did, without gravity, they wouldn't stay there. This is one tiny example from billions that could be given.

Within the closed universe of your shaken metal can there are very few elements. Nothing can be added, nothing can be changed except that the elements in your can will be broken down by the shaking.