Role of Mutations

I disagree that 'preadatpation' is evidence of I.D. at all. All it means is that there are literally thousands upon thousands of neutral variations out there, and in an environmental change, there is a reasonable likelyhood that one variation is better adapted to the new environment than another variation.

No, you don't need mustations to 'add information' to the genes. All that has to happen is that there is a change in alleles over time.That also include the removal of information. For example, man does not have the ability to synthsesis vitamin C on his own. Other primates do.Cave dwelling species no longer have the ability to sense light. Their ancestors did.As for the mathematics of it happening are.. just exactly how ARE you calcuating it? Are you taking into account that it is many tiny small steps, and not one big one?I would say that the chance of SOMETHING happen chemically is 1.Edited by ramoss, : No reason given.

Who says that evolution involves an increase of 'genetic information' over time. It COULD be a reduction. It could be just a change.The thing is.. how do you 'measure' information. What is the definition of 'information' when it comes to evolution? HOw do you define 'information'? Which organism has more 'information' in it? THe ameoba or man? How can you tell?the 'Information' claim is being pushed by the discovery insitute, to be sure. However, they have put forth no way to measure it, define it, or detect it against random noise.