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| Quote (stevestory @ Oct. 09 2014,16:55) | | Quote (DiEb @ Oct. 09 2014,17:33) | | Quote (Richardthughes @ Oct. 09 2014,22:16) | | Quote (DiEb @ Oct. 09 2014,13:06) | Barry Arrington's couple of posts on complexity is just a text-book example of Dunning-Kruger. As I don't know whether my comment will appear at How to Lose a Wittgensteinian Battle, here it is for posterity: | Quote |
DiEb
October 9, 2014 at 11:45 am
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BA:
Have a look at this string:
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4ad9;SdaodDajdjad9;Sdjfijdvsdjf;dHJ;sjvaD5
pf;jf;od’jvsd2a98;odvDdjf;d3vDVdjadsJgg;o
4f;d68vDLsdiDVdkooaZsdagdaJjoiL;aJsdXaojJD;S
7odjadji0;dko3sdiLivDsjdid6;idagdjoaJ98;sS
kDVd9OdaFFasvDLSd;DVdjf;3Kd4adVv;Sdjads8;;F5
2ad3ao;IdiDVd9Odids8;;FSdjadsiOdZ;d;DV
4f;d:;iojPiAf;SdiDVdjf;djfaJsiDVd2ijJoi8dsfaA0s
4fijdX8;sfdvsdf;vodjaKdw4vsdidAaDsJ33ijvaD
n;eaJj8Odjad9;dZvsf;Vud4adVv;Sdjads8;;FS
4ads8;;FSdF;oAfiDA;djadno;i3IdkO;Sdjf;o;’sdjf;doJ9S
XaodvDdjfijds8;;FdagdV;ijfSdZfijdVo;i3sd3iOdAa3;S
pf;DdZ;dfie;dsfJgg8;Vdaggdjfvsd3aoji8dAav8S
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Looks a lot like your first string – so is it gibberish? OTOH, it’s the quote from Hamlet, only that I encoded it using a substitution cypher (” “->”d”, “e”->”;”,”o”->”a”). As I replaced the most common letter of #2 by the most common letter of #1, the second most common of #2 by the second most common of #1 etc., the string appears to be similar to string #1. So, is this string more or less random (or more or less complex) than your string #2? What information does it contain? How does it compare to string #1? |
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Barry quickly censors those who make him look bad. OBJECTIVE MORALITY! |
That's the beauty of the whole exchange: he cannot imagine that he looks bad - the emperor is always the last to recognize his nudeness....
But perhaps, if W. Dembski takes at look at the whole debacle, some threads will disappear... |
anybody heard anything from Dembski lately? Or Behe for that matter? |
Yes, but not at UDderly.
Dembski: Thanks, Santa Dawkins! Coal means I have been a good boy.
Behe: Throw a tie clip at evolution one more time for the Gipper.
Both at Disco 'Tute's evolutionnews.org
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