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To: stremba
I'd like to see this "mathematical proof"

There's a website out there with a bunch of numbers, and the "conclusion" is supposed to be there. But it's all nonsense. There are also websites refuting it, but the original silliness remains, and gets some mention every now and then. A few years ago some flaming fool (now banned, but still remembered) posted it here in its entirety, with the unspoken implication that it was his work. I found the website of origin, and the poster was exposed not only as an idiot, but also as a plagiarist. Very low-grade stuff. By now, I suppose that "proof" is copied on dozens, maybe hundreds of websites. Doesn't mean a thing.

184 posted on 12/22/2004 6:45:01 AM PST by PatrickHenry (The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
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To: PatrickHenry

Actually, now that you mentioned it, I think I have seen this "proof" before. Is it the one where they use some bogus logic to show that anything with odds greater than some large number (like 1 in 10^80 or so) is really mathematically impossible? They then use some more bogus numbers to derive a probability for abiogenesis that is lower than this. I pretty much debunked that argument by pointing out that the sequence of the last 25 powerball drawings actually occurring is far less probable than the criterion of mathematical impossibility given in the "proof."


187 posted on 12/22/2004 6:52:09 AM PST by stremba
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