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- From: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us
- Newsgroups: talk.origins
- Subject: Re: Probability of Evolution
- Message-ID: <2mVHuB5w165w@kalki33>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 11:29:00 EST
- References: <bps1cfd@rpi.edu>
- Reply-To: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us
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- johnsd2@vccnw05.its.rpi.edu.its1 (Daniel Norman Johnson) writes:
-
- > You could silence most of them by posting this proof, I think.
-
- Oh, SURE!
-
- > You haven't proved ANYTHING about evolution. You do not even
- > address it slightly.
-
- Ok. Here you go: Dear evolution, rest in pieces!
-
- > >> Heck, we don't even KNOW you need a planet to have life- you need
- > >> one to get life like us, but what's so special about that?
- > >
- > >I agree with this statement. It is not necessary to have a planet to
- > >have life. In fact, matter is not neccessary for life.
- >
- > Depends what you mean by life. But you may be right; matter
- > is required for life as we know it, but what else may be possible,
- > who can tell..
-
- Yes, who can tell... Our point is that there is someone who CAN tell,
- and we follow his definition of life. The definitions of life given by
- reductionistic science are not able to account for many of the
- properties of life. One glaring deficiency of reductionism is in the
- area of consciousness, which is certainly a property of "life as we know
- it" but cannot be shown to follow from any known physical laws.
-
- > My name's Dan, actually, not prabhu.
-
- "prabhu" simply means "dear sir" or "master" in Sanskrit. It is a
- respectful form of address.
-
- > >There are books about information theory, probability, statistical
- > >mechanics, molecular biology, etc. I simply can't state all the
- > >derivations of everything I refer to here. Some of it just has to be
- > >taken for granted. You have to assume that some scientist out there will
- > >scream if I do something wrong.
- >
- > I will so assume- but I will also scream sometimes if I see something
- > amiss. I see no reason why I cant babble too. :)
- >
- > Also to nag you to get that proof posted. THAT will shut the lot
- > of us up. All 412,123,322 threads. :)
-
- No problem! I am a little upset that I have to wait for permission to
- post the stuff too. But we should follow the copyright laws.
-
- Sincerely,
- Kalki "What, me worry?" Dasa
-
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