Tag: Winston Ewert
Conservation of Information — The Theorems
We’ve seen active information before in the Dawkins Weasel example. The baseline search for METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL stands no hope of success.
Jason Rosenhouse and Specified Complexity
Not all patterns eliminate chance in the presence of improbability. Take an arrow shot at a target.
The Book That Launched a Thousand Barbs
Briefly, the design inference (the method rather than the book) identifies two features as essential for eliminating chance: improbability and specification.
Does Intelligent Design Make Predictions or Retrodictions?
I would argue that a chronology of exactly what was predicted when is not dispositive as to whether a positive argument can be made.
Does Darwinian Theory Make the Same Predictions as Intelligent Design?
Richard Dawkins predicted that “a large fraction” of our genomes has no function, because, “The true ‘purpose’ of DNA is to survive, no more and no less.”