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To: CottShop
His argument is just fine- regardless of what you are tryign to macroevolve-

I'm starting to think that because you don't accept macroevolution, you think that any argument that comes out "no" must be valid. It's not.

Your link says

The one in 10^68 is the probability of calling out each card — in order — as you turn them up. That’s the correct analogy between cards and evolution. It’s a certainty you will get a sequence. But is it the exact sequence you want?
Who says we want any particular sequence? That's only the case if we're trying to evolve a specific animal--in which case, yes, the odds are small.

He makes a similar error in the comments. He writes

It’s possible to win the lotto every week for a year, but it’s not going to happen as the odds are too small - it’s not probable.
That's true if you only buy one ticket a week. But if you buy all the tickets each week, it becomes more than probable, it becomes inevitable. Evolution buys a lot of tickets.
138 posted on 05/10/2009 1:16:20 PM PDT by Ha Ha Thats Very Logical
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To: Ha Ha Thats Very Logical

[[Who says we want any particular sequence?]]

Biology says it- if it’s not possible, then it’s not possible

[[That’s only the case if we’re trying to evolve a specific animal—in which case, yes, the odds are small.]]

It’s even worse for evolving life from non life I’m afraid- Everythign after that is ‘evolving a specific animal from previous animal

[[That’s true if you only buy one ticket a week. But if you buy all the tickets each week, it becomes more than probable, it becomes inevitable. Evolution buys a lot of tickets.]]

Lol- ok whatever


147 posted on 05/10/2009 2:10:27 PM PDT by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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