JonF writes:
As I've already explained, I don't invoke any special meaning by using the term. I simply mean information which is complex and specified
The definitions you have offered are useless. They involve too many subjective evaluations and are not operational definitions. Two people could easily disagree whether some system possesses CSI because your definitions do not invoke objective measures.
Fail.
{ABE} Your definitions boil down to "it sure looks like CSI to me!"
Point taken. I don't have mastery of Dembski's math. That's why I'm fine with using different wording; I don't mean to conflate what I'm arguing with what Dembski argues. I don't understand the guy - it's not just the math, but the very technical language he uses is way above my head.
At the same time, I was not convinced of my viewpoint by Dembski's work; it was mainly Stephen Meyer and Michael Behe whose books speak directly to the topic of CSI (and its synonym, Specified Complexity) that have been most convincing to me about the implications of the existence of a code in DNA.
Edited by Ed67, : No reason given.