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To: Alamo-Girl
It will be quite interesting to see how the biological sciences community recognizes the apparent falsification of randomness in the theory of evolution.

All science is about disproving randomness. Science seeks (and finds!) cause and effect, therefore every new scientific - in any science - is a disproof of randomness.

652 posted on 12/16/2002 11:13:11 PM PST by gore3000
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To: gore3000
Thank you for your post!

therefore every new scientific - in any science - is a disproof of randomness.

A good point! However, the theory of evolution calls for gradual, natural selection from random mutations. Therefore, IMHO, if the randomness pillar fails either the overall theory is in deep trouble or seriously crippled.

The strange thing is that this is not coming from intelligent design theorists or creationists - it's the observations being made by information theorists (and mathematicians.)

There must be information content from first cause - but there are no natural origins for such information. Further, the process requires symbols (self/non-self, friend/foe) - i.e. significant information content.

Algorithms are counter-indicative of randomness per se (Kolmogorov/Chaitin).

656 posted on 12/16/2002 11:29:17 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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