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To: cracker
"That just means that 17 billion years is not a sufficiently long finite period of time. What about 17 billion billion billion years? In fact, the article says that the number of combinations is like 10^62. SO, how about a finite period of 10^70 years? That is a long time. But it is not infinite."

Yes, but our universe has only been around for 17 Billion years. You'll have to work within that time period for any finite-time-based theory such as Evolution.

361 posted on 03/05/2002 10:12:48 AM PST by Southack
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To: Southack
Yes, but our universe has only been around for 17 Billion years. You'll have to work within that time period for any finite-time-based theory such as Evolution.

That was not at issue. You are shifting again.

Go back and re-read the argument you had. All that was claimed was that mathematcially, the principle in the typing-monkey problem was valid: that events of even low probability can be shown to occur within a finite (though very long) period of time. You argued that it was not valid. It has been shown to be valid, and your ignorance laid bare. Now you raise, for the first time, a new argument about evolution and the finite age of the universe as an effort to dismiss your mistake. Why? Maybe you should restate your argument with more clarity.

I note that you have not responded to this:
2. It is plain for all to see that you are wilfully avoiding precise definitions. You have confused the definition of "trivial," as has been pointed out to you. You have confused the definitions of "improbable" and "impossible." You have confused "large but finite" with "infinite". This has been pointed out ot you, and you fail to respond or acknowledge. Why?

NO response.

400 posted on 03/05/2002 11:40:54 AM PST by cracker
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