From: Glenn Morton (glenn.morton@btinternet.com)
Date: Fri Nov 22 2002 - 00:48:48 EST
Blake wrote:
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>In looking for relationships among data I can ALWAYS
>come up with an equation that matches all the data
>points EXACTLY. This is nothing unusual. The problem
>is, in finding an equation that actually describes the
>relationship (if one exists). If I am writing the
>equation to specifically hit all the data points
>(rather than finding a general relationship among the
>data), I use up all my degrees of freedom and the
>results are not going to be statistically significant.
> Thus, my solution is obviously ad hoc.
An equation is a general relationship between the points. A Fourier
function can match any single valued function what so ever--simple or
complex. We use them in geophysics and signal analysis all the time. But,
I suspect that you are looking for a simple relationship, like a linear
regression which doesn't hit all the points and would prefer to claim that
such a relation is a better indication of design than is something which
requires a Fourier approach. I would say this, Signals in communications
are designed, but they can't be described with simple functions. They need
Fourier and similar approaches.
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>My strong intuition is that there is an easy way to
>distinguish between something post hoc and clumsy like
>your "code" and something that appears to be designed.
My 'clumsy' code, was designed by a man named Blaise de Vigenere. If there
is an easy way to tell the difference between a code I design before giving
Dembski the random looking sequence and one in which I design after giving
Dembski the sequence, I would love to hear how you could do it.
> If your code were an equation, I would easily reject
>it as not likely to be design, because I have no
>degrees of freedome left, so to speak.
Then you would reject much of moder Electrical Engineering.
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