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To: Dan Day
What I said was that INJECTING the kind of feedback mentioned by the poster (circa Post #100 & #104) was adding aided intelligence into what was otherwise an unaided process. - Southack

"And this is a non sequitur." - Dan Day

What?! How can you claim that my statement above is off subject? What makes it a non sequitur, specificly?

526 posted on 12/09/2002 5:52:14 PM PST by Southack
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To: Southack
What?! How can you claim that my statement above is off subject? What makes it a non sequitur, specificly?

Because it drags the topic to an irrelevancy, away from the key points being discussed.

The fact that the author failed to introduce *any* sort of feedback mechanism into his calculation is a fatal flaw if he's even remotely trying to model abiogenesis. And since it's *missing* any feedback whatsoever, the exact nature of any hypothetical "added" feedback is an exercise in mental masturbation.

It's like arguing over whether a man with no legs should be wearing loafers or hiking boots.

528 posted on 12/09/2002 6:01:23 PM PST by Dan Day
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