Good idea. But until then, for the sake of the current discussion, could you give us Spetner's definition, or at least your take on it?
Kevin L. O'Brien
"Good God, consider yourselves fortunate that you have John Adams to abuse, for no sane man would tolerate it!" William Daniels, _1776_
-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur V. Chadwick [SMTP:chadwicka@swau.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 8:53 PM
To: evolution@calvin.edu
Subject: RE: 'Directed' evolution?
At 06:15 PM 9/22/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Greetings Kevin. You state:
>Then please provide Spetner's definition, because it seems to me that the
>appearance of a new protein function that never existed before and never
>could exist at all under normal circumstances is an excellent example of
>new information.
I highly recommend that you read Spetner's book. It is well worth the $15
it cost through Amazon. You will learn a lot about the meaning of
information and biological systems.
Art
http://biology.swau.edu