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Subject:	Re: Problems with Christianity and Darwinism
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Wed, 24 Jan 2001 13:30:50 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Guy Albertelli writes: > Unlikely, very unlikely. But definately possible. And if you told me that > there were !many! trucks crashing, and one time you found the model fully > contructed, I would find your staement likely. I wouldn't. Basically, what it boils down to is predictable fractal behavior. Although still random-looking, the system follows very consistant patterns. For example, imagine fractal-generated landscapes. Or basically just imagine 'possible' coastlines. Would you believe it if there was a coastline that was PERFECTLY straight for 100 miles then turned at a PERFECT 90 degree angle, and went straight another 100 miles? While yes, there's nothing strictly preventing the system from behaving in such a way, it's not within the behavioral patterns of the system. However, I WOULD believe it to be MUCH more likely that a perfect replica of the US coastline was duplicated-- just because that pattern DOES follow the same 'patterns' of behavior exhibited by coastlines... And to clarify, I'm not saying it's IMPOSSIBLE, but that I wouldn't believe it to be likely, even if you ran the 'experiment' a googol plex times. DaveE

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		Re: Problems with Christianity and Darwinism
(...) I still think you are seeing patterns you find interesting. When I buy a lottery ticket I always get "1 2 3 4 5 6" The U.S. coast line appearing _exactly_ the same somewhere else is "as" unlikely as the 200 mile one you posit. (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Problems with Christianity and Darwinism
(...) I have always been curious how "literal" readers of the bible reconcile the 2 different stories of creation in Genesis? (...) That is right. I would suggest you take a look a fractal mathematics, and celluar automata theory to see how very (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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