Turns out Random is Better (Evolution)

by dhw, Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 22:38 (5391 days ago) @ xeno6696

Matt has referred us again to a method showing that a process of random selection increases the chances of information getting to its destination. He concludes:-1. Introducing randomness in the transmission process of genetic information means that randomness increases the chances that information will be successfully transferred to its target.-2. Those that would assert life is designed now have to mathematically justify how they would tell the difference between a random transmission and an intelligent one.-Fortunately I don't make any such assertions, but unfortunately I'm out of my depth in such discussions. This need not deter me, however, from asking a naïve question:-Where does the information come from in the first place?