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To: GodGunsGuts
The way evolutionists have obfuscated by relying on Shannon's conception of information is just pathetic. It shows how incompetent evolutionary theory is - a non-starter really.

For those not familiar with it, a random 'static' pattern of pixels has more 'information' according to Shannon's definition than a page of text, because it takes more effort to perfectly describe every aspect of the former than the latter. This makes it easy for evolutionists to claim that random processes can generate "information". However this "information" is biologically meaningless and offers no solution to the existence of information within a linguistic structure like DNA.

Shannon's information theory is relevant to other fields like telecommunications, but treating it as relevant to the origin of biological information is just silly.

6 posted on 10/15/2009 8:34:19 PM PDT by Liberty1970 (Democrats are not in control. God is. And Thank God for that!)
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To: Liberty1970
This makes it easy for evolutionists to claim that random processes can generate "information".

Source?

8 posted on 10/15/2009 8:35:39 PM PDT by ColdWater
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To: Liberty1970

shannon theory isn’t about the ‘origin of info’- it’s about the communication of informaiton- you can’t have informaiton without the comunication- info isn’t info until it’s communicated- the rise of info would have to include a way to comminicate that info- otherwise a species could not thrive or survive- Shannon theory is absolutely relevent to the discussion of biological systems


19 posted on 10/16/2009 9:09:12 AM PDT by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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