Evolution (Introduction)

by George Jelliss , Crewe, Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 08:54 (5701 days ago) @ David Turell

David Turell has posted a number of articles that employ statistical arguments in an attempt to show that evolution of some aspect of biology, or the first appearance of life, are impossible, because so improbable. I promised to look into these arguments when I had completed my house move. The following page from richarddawkins.net goes a considerable way towards countering these arguments. - http://richarddawkins.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=46882 - The main fallacies consist in 1} assuming that there is only one possible evolutionary line that will do the trick, 2) ignoring the way multiple events can occur simultaneously and 3) ignoring the determinate nature of many of the processes involved.

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GPJ