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To: Lev
"Sometimes, the "just so" stories are backed by computer models using random combinations and selection advantages. However, the computer models are always too simplistic compared to biological systems. Also, many of these programs rely on intelligent input that natural selection could not duplicate. These attempts at computer modeling also still don't address an old problem. Many years ago, this problem was noted by a group of mathematicians. They could not derive a probability pattern that would make natural selection a likely means for evolution of complex biological systems. This contention has never been overturned."
770 posted on 03/19/2002 7:07:37 PM PST by Heartlander
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To: Heartlander
"Sometimes, the "just so" stories are backed by computer models using random combinations and selection advantages.

Are you saying being stuck at a local maximum is not a valid analogy?

781 posted on 03/19/2002 8:50:18 PM PST by Lev
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