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A better example might be the existence of sheep and poll sheep (those that do not develop horns).
It wasn't my example.
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The fact that they do not have horns does not represent biological evolution, it represents a loss of information from, not only the individual's genes, but also from the poll sheep group as a whole.
How do you know this ? Have you measured it ? Perhaps poll sheep have more genetic information than other breeds. And from what point do you measure the loss of information of the "group as a whole" ?
In fact if you are right about the poll sheep individuals having less information in their genes then the birth of the first hornless sheep would represent a loss of information from the perspective of the genome and a gain from the prespective of genetic diversity.
Different measures of information work differently and you can't just swap between them to get the result you want - not honestly.
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No. Because both breeds were there to begin with, now new information has been gained. In fact, information has been lost.
Who said anything about "new" information (whatever that means). And information has only been lost if you use genetic diversity as your measure. But you won't stick to that definiton, will you ? If you did then you'd have to admit that mutations create information - any mutation. The creationist information arguments are not only wrong - they are dishonest. You really need to think about the arguments carefully - creationism is all about deception. Don't let them fool you.
But still this thread is supposed to be about thermodynamics. These information arguments aren't based on thermodynamics. They aren't even based on information theory. If you want to honestly discuss information arguments start a new thread - and choose as single measure of information and stick to it. Don't just change to a different measure just to get the result you want. That isn't honest - I know you're just copying common arguments but you really need to understand what you are saying rather than copying lies if you want a good discussion.