Kristine
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| Quote (Wesley R. Elsberry @ June 08 2007,13:19) | | Quote |
Could it be that mere algorithmic compressibility is, in fact, a reliable hallmark of design? |
SAI says... short program length means that there is a simple computational process that accounts for something. That can't be blown up into the rarefied design Dembski wants to underwrite.
These folks don't get out much, do they? |
Nope. And I second everything Louis has said. I wish they'd get out and discover something worth knowing.
(And I'm still reeling from that creationist Galapagos trip link - thanks. Half the chocolate in the office is now gone. Gaaa.) 
Are these guys bragging, or complaining? I can't tell anymore. (And you did invent me, DaveScot, or at least 90% of what you think is me.)
("First they came for the cupcakes, I didn't speak up for I had a stash of hash brownies...") 
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