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- From: David.Rice@ofa123.fidonet.org
- Newsgroups: talk.origins
- Subject: Probability of Life
- X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 15:51:24
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- Who: esot@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Eric Sotnak)
- ID: <1992Dec20.223129.25238@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
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- [probability arguments, firing-squad analogies, etc., omited.]
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- ES> "Yet Mr. Isaac's observation was made in the context of discussing
- ES> the 'Tunian' claim that, in effect, the probability of life
- ES> existing in the universe is so remarkably low that we must infer
- ES> a supernatural agency to have brought it all about. [large cut]
- ES> Mr. Tun has made the mistake of claiming that since the (antecedent)
- ES> probability of life existing (or having come into existence) is
- ES> so low, supernatural agency must be involved. Another mistake
- ES> in judgment.
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- The Tunian Logic (tm) is greatly flawed because he has failed to show
- that abiogenesis is highly improbable. There are many schools of
- thought who believe that life is LIKELY to occur.
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- We are living proof that evolution occurs, so the probability is 1.
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- ES> Eric Sotnak | One life.
- ES> esot@troi.cc.rochester.edu | One chance.
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