Tag: No Free Lunch theorems
How Convergent Animal Algorithms Challenge Darwinism
Eric Cassell discuss the No Free Lunch theorems of William Macready and David Wolpert, and the problem of blind searches for everything from Rubik’s cube solutions to the formula for WD-40.
Mistakes Our Critics Make: Limits of Evolutionary Processes
The evolution of many complex traits, such as echo location in whales, requires the modification or creation of numerous proteins, physical structures, and neural connections.
The Information Enigma: A Closer Look
I will flesh out the concept of biological information, and I will explain why significant quantities of it cannot be generated through natural processes.
No Escape from Intelligent Design: Brian Miller Explores Coevolution
“Coevolutionary processes cannot drive macroevolution,” explains Dr. Miller. “Again it requires intelligent design.”
Trends in Philosophy of Science: What Does “Semantic Information” Mean?
Theorists hope to alleviate a deficiency in Shannon information theory, which dealt only with the structure of a communication, not its semantics.