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To: Fester Chugabrew
Do probabilites not loose their effect when an infinite number of possibilities is assumed?

No. Probabilities of measurements from continuous distributions have long been dealt with as limits. Most problems are solvable with Reimann's integral (the kind you learn about in 1st year calculus). There are some probability distributions it doesn't handle and the more advanced Lebesque integral from measure theory is used.

2,666 posted on 06/09/2005 1:22:05 PM PDT by edsheppa
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To: edsheppa
Probabilities of measurements from continuous distributions have long been dealt with as limits.

Holy cats!

Can you explain briefly, and in layman's terms, what is the proper place of mathematics and probabilities in determining processes of self-organization? There seem to be a good number of people who are lead to conclude the universe as we know it is more likely not the result of unguided, "lucky" combinations of particles. Is science even capable of quantifying intelligence or design?

Also, how fast does an electron move?

2,668 posted on 06/09/2005 2:23:53 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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