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To: PatrickHenry

Interesting. As I recollect, a number of years ago there was a symposium of biologists and mathemeticians hosted by the Wistar Institute. There the mathematicians gave the odds on evolution occuring as simply mind boggling small. Maybe some FReeper has a better memory than me to flesh out that.


4 posted on 09/27/2005 9:29:32 AM PDT by JeeperFreeper
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To: JeeperFreeper
There the mathematicians gave the odds on evolution occuring as simply mind boggling small.

Evolution occurs everytime a seed sprouts or an infant is born.

8 posted on 09/27/2005 9:44:59 AM PDT by shuckmaster
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To: JeeperFreeper
There the mathematicians gave the odds on evolution occuring as simply mind boggling small.

I've never seen a probability argument "against" evolution that wasn't founded upon faulty premises.
9 posted on 09/27/2005 9:45:16 AM PDT by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
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To: JeeperFreeper
1 in 10 40,000 = the odds that man evolved through the process of evolution.
1 in 10 50 = statistical improbability
13 posted on 09/27/2005 9:58:02 AM PDT by Mulch (tm)
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To: JeeperFreeper
As I recollect, a number of years ago there was a symposium of biologists and mathemeticians hosted by the Wistar Institute. There the mathematicians gave the odds on evolution occuring as simply mind boggling small.

See this for a good overview analysis of the Wistar claim. (See the whole page for analyses of all the popular "impossible odds" arguments.)

20 posted on 09/27/2005 10:07:06 AM PDT by jennyp (WHAT I'M READING NOW: my sterling prose)
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