Richardthughes
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| Quote (sparc @ Mar. 17 2015,14:03) | | Quote (Richardthughes @ Mar. 17 2015,13:15) | KF gets pissy because people keep bringing up that he can't do the math:
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DNA_JockMarch 17, 2015 at 10:30 am
Yet every time you do one of these FIASCO calculations, you assume that the identity of each amino acid in the protein is independent of the identity of the other AAs. You might (on one of your good days) admit that this is inaccurate, but you always assert that the error is “immaterial”.
When asked to justify this latter assertion, you are reduced to “because the numbers are really big”. Any engineer who makes an approximation needs to demonstrate that the approximation is fit-for-purpose, not merely assert it.
A calculation that you have yet to perform.
Also in the set of calculations that you have yet to perform: any comparison of the “informational” and “thermal” contributions to entropy. How can we discuss the limits of “compensation” unless you are willing to do this calculation?
Would any of the other IDists care to help you out? I think Sal Cordova is numerate enough…
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kairosfocusMarch 17, 2015 at 12:09 pm
DNA_Jock, I warned. You insist on descending to schoolyard taunts, revealing much about your attitude. Commenting is a privilege, not a right, and it is conditional on reasonable, civil behaviour. KF |
Wow. Go and look at how KF has marked up DNAJock's original post now. He's lost it: http://www.uncommondescent.com/molecul....-554479 |
Is it only me or did he close comments completely after this. |
He did.
He did that before when I challenged him to "do the math". Pathetic.
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