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To: RUCKUS INC.
The simpler an object or system is, the more likely it was designed precisely because it is far easier to do so, and allows for greater precision. Pyramids are one of the simplest shapes, and, although found in nature (as are cubes), spheres are the only perfect shape with regularly turns up (and even then, you regularly have perfect spheres). Greater complexity means greater randomness, and the more complex a system or structure, the more likely randomness played a factor in its generation. If I'm wrong, Doc Stoch will correct me; as his name will tell you, he's an expert on these matters.

The universe isn't as neat and tidy as the anthropists would have us believe. Sure there are laws you can't break or bend, but they still allow for a lot, and serendipity is very much a part of the cosmos.

111 posted on 07/30/2004 3:38:32 PM PDT by RightWingAtheist (<A HREF=http://www.michaelmoore.com>stupid blob</A>)
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To: RightWingAtheist

Wow! That is a heck of an unsubstantiated assumption. The more complex something is, the more random it is? So a Chevy Nova is mroe random than bicycle?


112 posted on 07/30/2004 3:41:39 PM PDT by RUCKUS INC. ("Wow, what a crapweasel." - Frank_Discussion)
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To: RightWingAtheist
The simpler an object or system is, the more likely it was designed precisely because it is far easier to do so, and allows for greater precision.

Maybe you and Ken Miller can discuss TTSS…

130 posted on 07/30/2004 5:57:20 PM PDT by Heartlander (How odd it is that anyone should not see that all observation must be for or against some view)
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To: RightWingAtheist

You are correct. A GOOGLE search on "Kolmogorov complexity" gives lots of information. Kolmogorov's version is the easiest to use.


137 posted on 07/30/2004 8:12:56 PM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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