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To: Nebullis
Thank you so much for your post! It's great to hear from you. You've opened several new lines of inquiry for me. Thank you!!!

Natural selection is an algorithm.

My statement ("the presence of algorithm from inception is proof of intelligent design") delimits to "algorithm from inception".

Natural selection applies to material existence and thus follows inception, i.e. null, void, empty, the beginning, first cause. So although I agree that natural selection is an algorithm, it is not an algorithm from inception.

I don't understand your statement: Understand that randomness is biology comes with multiple contingencies.

2,880 posted on 01/05/2003 9:12:09 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl
Natural processes are constrained by physical laws, environmental conditions, and so forth.

For instance, ionizing radiation doesn't have a preference for particular bonds in DNA, but because DNA, in situ, is tightly wrapped in chromosomes with associated proteins, the actual effect of free radicals is only on exposed parts of the molecule. It's random, in that it is non-specific or undirected, but the effect of mutations in the DNA are not random.

2,885 posted on 01/05/2003 9:49:00 AM PST by Nebullis
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