RE: Comments on Spetner

Pim van Meurs (entheta@eskimo.com)
Mon, 28 Sep 1998 08:26:34 -0700

Jospeh: << Yockey demonstrated mathematically from the biochemistry of cytochrome c
that the probability was astronomical if it were to be formed by evolution given a mutation every second from the beginning of time of this universe. Therefore, the evolutionist believes in miracles.>>

Yockey did no such thing. The calculation is as erroneous as saying that being dealt a given hand in poker is a miracle.

Joseph: <<Spetner observes that every mutation finding a temporary environmental niche nonetheless loses information and has taken a step toward extinction. Evolution can't provide new information. New information can't come from a random process. New information requires an engineer.>>

A few problems here. 1) Evolution is not a random process 2) loss or increase of information is irrelevant to evolution.

Not much of your argument remains eh ?