Conservation of Information — The Theorems

active information, artificial life, Basic Argument from Improbability, combinatorics, computer simulations, Conservation of Information, Darwinism, Dawkins Weasel, Easter egg, Erik Tellgren, Evolution, fitness functions, fitness landscapes, Guide to Reading Jason Rosenhouse (series), Holmes Rolston, information, Intelligent Design, Jason Rosenhouse, No Free Lunch theorems, Richard Dawkins, Robert J. Marks II, search, Templeton Prize, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, Thomas Schneider, weasel, Wikipedia, Winston Ewert
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. Source
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Mistakes Our Critics Make: Limits of Evolutionary Processes

biological information, circular reasoning, de novo origination, Evolution, evolutionary processes, gene duplication, gene fission, gene fusion, Intelligent Design, lateral gene transfer, Lord of the Flies, Macbeth, natural processes, No Free Lunch theorems, β-lactamase
In previous articles, I demonstrated how substantial quantities of biological information cannot emerge through any natural process (see here and here), and I described how such information points to intelligent design. Now, I am addressing the mistakes typically made by critics who challenge these claims (see here, here, here, and here). See my post from Wednesday, here... Source
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