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- From: ksand@apple.com (Kent Sandvik )
- Newsgroups: talk.origins
- Subject: Re: On God and Science
- Message-ID: <ksand-221292171058@wintermute.apple.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 01:10:59 GMT
- References: <1992Dec20.003729.10684@aurora.com> <20DEC199214091069@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu> <1992Dec20.223129.25238@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> <1992Dec22.122611.21699@city.cs>
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- In article <1992Dec22.122611.21699@city.cs>, lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel
- Tun) wrote:
- >
- > esot@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Eric Sotnak) writes:
- > >Mr. Tun has made the mistake of claiming that since the
- > >(antecedent) probability of life existing (or having come into existence) is
- > >so low, supernatural agency must be involved. Another mistake in judgment.
- >
- > I would not have said low, but rather zero - ie impossible. The
- > mistake is in assuming that if there are enough `tries' then
- > something that is impossible becomes possible.
-
- This is the issue, near zero is *not* zero. Even if you wish
- this is the case.
-
- Kent
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