CRR writes:
We already know that most evolution happens by the loss of information.
Do we? How do you dstinguish between a "loss" of information and a
change in information? Does "cat" contain more or less information than "bat"? Or is it just different information?
CRR writes:
So that would appear to be a qualified yes to the question "Can mutation and selection increase information?".
But it wouldn't be an answer to the question I asked you.
Here it is again: How can you know whether the information is "degraded" before it is filtered by selection? What if a mutation makes an organism fitter in a new environment while the unmutated individuals remain fitter in the old environment? Isn't that an effective increase in information?
Forget about woo-woo arguments about "more" or "less" information. If the new organism is better suited to survive, isn't the change in information an
effective improvement?