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To: b_sharp

Capacity for mutation need not be random. Individual mutations may be. The "randomly chosen" mutation in each specific instance still follows the distribution of susceptability.

A uniform sample of two unequal regions will still have more points from the bigger region.

My point is that the term "random" does not imply a specific distribution.


184 posted on 11/04/2005 2:17:38 PM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: Doctor Stochastic
"Capacity for mutation need not be random.

This is what I was saying. I expressed it backwards, something I am rather good at.

"Individual mutations may be. The "randomly chosen" mutation in each specific instance still follows the distribution of susceptability.

Gotcha. Any mutations that occur in areas of susceptability occur at a locus that is random.

"A uniform sample of two unequal regions will still have more points from the bigger region.

"My point is that the term "random" does not imply a specific distribution.

I think I have it.

196 posted on 11/04/2005 3:48:54 PM PST by b_sharp (Science adjusts theories to fit evidence, creationism distorts evidence to fit the Bible.)
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