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To: RussP
I was merely giving an example of a situation in which "intelligence" can be statistically inferred without actually showing how, when, or why the intelligence was introduced.

The statistical calculation is based on the chance of it occuring naturally. That's easy enough to do with toy examples like card ordering where there are no natural processes in operation. But when it comes to life there are abundant natural processes working which complicates statistical calculations to such a point that they cannot be applied accurately.

160 posted on 12/12/2005 11:42:45 AM PST by bobdsmith
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To: bobdsmith

"The statistical calculation is based on the chance of it occuring naturally. That's easy enough to do with toy examples like card ordering where there are no natural processes in operation. But when it comes to life there are abundant natural processes working which complicates statistical calculations to such a point that they cannot be applied accurately."

Here we go again. The point is not how hard or easy it is to apply statistical inference to human origins. The point is that evolutionists have rejected such application *a priori*. Read this friggin' thread. According to the evolutionist "logic," the question of whether intelligence had to be involved in ordering the deck of cards is not even a valid question! That's nonsense.

And please, let's not get into a lot of irrelevant debate about cards. The deck of cards is just one of an infinite number of possible examples. And the fact that cards are known to be created by humans is irrelevant to the main point. If you don't like that example, here's another one. Imagine walking along the beach and seeing a series of geometric shapes in the sand. Let's say it's a circle, square, and triangle, all repeated 50 times. According to evolutionist "logic", the question of whether the shapes were put there by an intelligent being is not even a valid question! Baloney!


181 posted on 12/12/2005 11:57:18 AM PST by RussP
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