To: cornelis
I see he is apparently a believer in the (oft pointed out) grossly flawed "thermodynamics and information theory" argument against evolution. What galls me is that half the processes in the universe prove how wrong the argument is, but people still make it, even when pointed out time after time. It is pretty profound how ignorant and irrational most people are when it comes to simple things like basic math and science, using it when it is convenient and going off on irrational and inexplicable bent when it isn't to suit their agenda.
72 posted on
05/29/2002 1:36:29 PM PDT by
tortoise
To: tortoise;Avoiding_Sulla
"It is pretty profound how ignorant and irrational most people are when it comes to simple things like basic math and science, using it when it is convenient and going off on irrational and inexplicable bent when it isn't to suit their agenda." Substitute 'truth' for 'math and science'.
Or, polling math and political science
"When you get to the end of your knowledge, you get to the beginning of God." Some people get to God a lot sooner than others. Those without knowledge are sometimes all the wiser.
75 posted on
05/29/2002 1:45:08 PM PDT by
d14truth
To: tortoise
It is pretty profound how ignorant and irrational most people are We are obliged to show the patience of a pedagogue, toward the liberal, toward the conservative, toward the fundamentalist, toward the antagonistic. True, the resistent attitude, like the young Helen Keller, whose willfullness stood in the way of learning language, whose resistance incited her to tear apart a new doll, with relish, all those things which have nothing to do with reason and reflection, are a great barrier to civil discourse and advance in understanding.
76 posted on
05/29/2002 1:46:24 PM PDT by
cornelis
To: tortoise
Also, when they talk about information theory they tend to mix the Shannon concept with the Kolmogorov-Chaitin concept as it suits their purpose.
(An
article that adresses this is on the Talk.Origins FAQ)
82 posted on
05/29/2002 1:55:44 PM PDT by
BMCDA
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