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To: powderhorn
This mathematical exercise may be correct, but the logic is not. Evolutionists do not argue that evolution occurs only by chance. While random mutations and sexual exchange of genetic material may cause random changes in the genetic code, the second part of the equation which is ignored in this analysis is that these changes act to confer characteristics in the organism which allow the organism to compete more successfully in its ecological niche, or die. (it may also be that there are hypervariable regions in the genetic code which cause mutations, and mutations may be more common in some genes than others)

The analogy with the million monkeys is faulty. In this analogy, the goal is a single defined written body of literature. No evolutionist would claim that irradiating a million monkeys for a million years would result in a monkey that looked like Bill Clinton and had the voice of Marilyn Monroe. But irradiating a million monkeys for a million years,and turning them loose in a jungle, you might end up with a cohort of monkeys which developed speech and social organization and farmed or hunted their way to dominance.

579 posted on 04/05/2002 9:14:36 AM PST by Jesse
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To: Jesse
This mathematical exercise may be correct, but the logic is not

Exactly. It's like saying that bats have two ears, therefore monkeys can't fly. Yes, bats have two ears and yes, monkeys can't fly, but there isn't any logical connection between the two statements.

599 posted on 04/06/2002 8:35:56 AM PST by powderhorn
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