Life as Evolving Software... (Chaitin) (Humans)

by dhw, Sunday, December 18, 2011, 11:50 (4523 days ago) @ xeno6696

MATT: This paper is the first in a series, where we're finally getting rigorous, mathematical treatments of biology. (It's not that dense of a read.)

http://www.umcs.maine.edu/~chaitin/darwin.pdf

The reason this isn't powerful ammo, is that the only thing done in this paper is define what the worst case is, and what the best case is. These are important results, but they are only the first steps towards actual analyses.

DAVID: Thank you; the comments by the ID math guys are wonderful for me

http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/at-last-a-darwinist-mathematician-tel...

Matt, I’m sure I shan’t be the only correspondent who has difficulty with the maths, and your comments are extremely helpful. Perhaps you could continue to interpret each addition to the series as it develops. Good luck with your final paper!