Ichthyic
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| Quote (IanBrown_101 @ June 26 2007,16:24) | | Quote (Ichthyic @ June 26 2007,16:18) | heh. crosspost.
probably would have figured it out faster if I had bothered to read your sig.
*doh!* |
Hah, well it doesn't matter.
Ok, anyone explain what this is all about? (The "letter" thing, I mean is it real, or just an excersise in futility?)
Weird Walt Brown Letter thing. |
do a search on "evolutionary algorithms" over on PT and on Pharyngula to find this discussed in MANY threads.
be warned: this will end up launching you into a far more complex discussion of actual algorithms quite rapidly.
bottom line: In the case of the link you posted, Brown is just using yet another mistaken argument based merely on incredulity, in this case his incredulity of the amount of base pairs found in human DNA.
I think there is a tangential thread on PT looking at the issue of genome size, that you might want to check out as well.
of course the issue of information and how creationists constantly misuse it wrt to genetics is covered in the TO archives:
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/information/infotheory.html
likely you will also find direct reference to the idiotic model Brown tries to use in the link you provided as well.
...and genetic algoritms are covered as well:
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/genalg/genalg.html
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