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- From: MANDTBACKA@finabo.abo.fi (Mats Andtbacka Ktf92)
- Newsgroups: talk.origins
- Subject: Re: Probability of Evolution
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.093618.21556@abo.fi>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 09:36:18 GMT
- References: <1992Nov13.095627.6798@abo.fi> <1Ru9TB6w165w@kalki33>
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- In-Reply-To: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us's message of Sat, 14 Nov 92 14:31:59 EST
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- In <1Ru9TB6w165w@kalki33> kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us writes:
-
- >>> Well then the proposal of molecular evolution that life arose from
- >>> reactions between simple organic molecules cannot be demonstrated, can
- >>> it?
- >>
- >> That's not quite what he said... It might be quite some task to
- >> *model it mathematically*, I think you'll agree.
- >
- > He said "intractable".
-
- English isn't my first language... If "intractable" is roughly
- equal to "impossible" (don't have a dictionary handy, I'm afraid), then
- doing such modelling would still be rather difficult, no?
-
- >> This is possible - that everything we do, we do on some form of
- >> faith or other, I mean. If so, what is faith? I still think molecular
- >> evolution is *much more probable* than anything else put forth, though.
- >
- > It is the attempt to quantify this "probable" that leads to our
- > conclusion.
-
- And mine, and our conclusions differ. Now, basically, prove that
- my conclusion is incorrect, and after that, prove that yours isn't even
- worse off.
-
- >> Rest of your posting - a *lot* - deleted, as it went a bit over my
- >> head, I'm afraid. This point I'd wish to make: Living blobs of organic
- >> (and some inorganic) would have a definite evolutionary advantage over
- >> dead blobs of organic and inorganic matter, when in an environment more
- >> or less hostile to the continued existence of such blobs. Thus, life
- >> could (and probably would) evolve.
- >
- > There is that "probably" again!
-
- But you just aren't listening - MY probabilities are MUCH HIGHER
- than yours!
- ...
- Thus, they must have achieved a much higher form of existence, and
- so must be much, much closer to the absolute, most exalted truth...
- Please excuse my very wicked sense of humor, will you...
-
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