Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 64 (9164 total)
0 online now:
Newest Member: ChatGPT
Post Volume: Total: 916,877 Year: 4,134/9,624 Month: 1,005/974 Week: 332/286 Day: 53/40 Hour: 4/3


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   Can random mutations cause an increase in information in the genome?
DBlevins
Member (Idle past 3804 days)
Posts: 652
From: Puyallup, WA.
Joined: 02-04-2003


Message 75 of 310 (286529)
02-14-2006 2:31 PM
Reply to: Message 56 by Garrett
02-14-2006 1:39 PM


Re: Creationist and their misuse of "information"
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
Or how about this?
Let's assume that any "mutation" that doesn't create a readable sentence is thrown away but any mutation that leaves the sentence to be readable will stay in the "population".
Ok:
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dot.
Still readable.
The quiet brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
Still readable.
The quick fox jumped over the lazy dog. [deleted brown]
ditto.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog.
ditto (and part is duplicated, hmmmm.)
The quick brown fox jumped over the stupid lazy dog.
no problems here. Now can you imagine what would happen over time with the sentence as more mutations act upon it over time. Eventually it isn't going to be recognizable from what it was before.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 56 by Garrett, posted 02-14-2006 1:39 PM Garrett has not replied

Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024