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Author Topic:   No Abiogenesis, no Evolution, then what?
NosyNed
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Message 51 of 173 (249914)
10-07-2005 8:51 PM
Reply to: Message 49 by Heathen
10-07-2005 8:06 PM


Life in outer space
The evidence is that life can survive in outer space. It seems enormously unlikely that it could arise and thrive there but once in existance the spoors of some bacteria are very tough indeed.
See:
http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/news/expandnews.cfm?id=9380

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NosyNed
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Message 102 of 173 (293104)
03-07-2006 7:13 PM
Reply to: Message 100 by inkorrekt
03-07-2006 6:21 PM


Puzzle solving
The analogy is bad because it is perfectly possible to assemble a puzzle with pure trail and error and no intelligence at all. The physical nature of the pieces is such that they fit (shape and color) or not. Any mechanism which allows for that trail and error can solve it without any intelligence.
The evolutionary model describes just such a mechanism for biological organisms. That is huge numbers of trails are made; many, many errors and some successes which are "kept" just as puzzle pieces that fit are kept.
Your analogy is not useful in any way to attack the evolutionary model.

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NosyNed
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Message 119 of 173 (307203)
04-27-2006 8:44 PM
Reply to: Message 118 by inkorrekt
04-27-2006 8:23 PM


What is information.
The question isn't if anyone else knows what information is, Inkorrect, but if you know. It is pretty clear to everyone that you don't. If I'm "inkorrect" about that you can have fun showing everyone that I am.

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