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daaaaaBEAR
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Message 1 of 11 (184187)
02-09-2005 6:17 PM


The odds against having a universe that is ordered are so big it’s hard to explain. As a number, it looks like this:
1:10^10^30
-One to 10 to the 10th to the 30th against having a universe just like ours by accident, without God creating it. (Thank Dr. Roger Penrose of Cambridge University for these stats.)

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Message 2 of 11 (184188)
02-09-2005 6:25 PM
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02-09-2005 6:17 PM


Maybe you could flesh this out a bit? What does this mean to you? What do you know about probabilities? Just who is Dr Penrose and where did you get the numbers, (website, book, page number??)

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Message 3 of 11 (184190)
02-09-2005 6:34 PM
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02-09-2005 6:17 PM


Cut and paste hits
from creationist websites will simply not cut it.
For this to be promoted I suggest that you explain in your own words how such odds were determined.

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Message 4 of 11 (184212)
02-09-2005 7:27 PM
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02-09-2005 6:34 PM


Re: Cut and paste hits
no, you don't have to promote it. If no one can accept that evolution is the worst tragedy to the explanation of our existence then I won't even start a new topic.

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Message 5 of 11 (184215)
02-09-2005 7:31 PM
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02-09-2005 7:27 PM


Re: Cut and paste hits
How can anyone come to accept this if you back down on your claims?
It was suggested that you flesh out your post to give the topic a better start. If you really wish to back down on the claim, I will close this.

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daaaaaBEAR
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Message 6 of 11 (184218)
02-09-2005 7:39 PM
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02-09-2005 7:31 PM


Re: Cut and paste hits
what does fleshing out mean

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Message 7 of 11 (184222)
02-09-2005 7:55 PM
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02-09-2005 7:39 PM


Re: Cut and paste hits
Flesh out - put some meat on it...
Give us more of YOUR imput. Explain in your own words how this probability was calculated. What does it actually mean? What variables were used in the calculation? Show that YOU know what it means. Don't just grab a claim that sounds good but you know nothing about, if you know something about this claim it should be easy to put that in your thread.
Who is Dr Penrose? Where did he make this claim? What else did he say? Did you read his actual paper/report/claim? or did you read it on another website?
Just edit the first post here and we can move it by itself to start a new thread.

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Message 8 of 11 (184257)
02-09-2005 9:07 PM
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02-09-2005 7:55 PM


Re: Cut and paste hits
I'm not sure he's being sincere. As Jar noted, it's a cut-n-paste from http://www.family.org/.../breakmag/departments/a0030219.html.

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Message 9 of 11 (184262)
02-09-2005 9:16 PM
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02-09-2005 9:07 PM


Re: Cut and paste hits
I'm sure it is dear.
Either way, if he can't flesh it out with his own work it won't get promoted anyway. Just figured I'd let him sweat it out rather than just say "C&P" with no attribution.

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daaaaaBEAR
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Message 10 of 11 (184664)
02-11-2005 9:30 PM
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02-09-2005 9:16 PM


Re: Cut and paste hits
just close it

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Message 11 of 11 (184668)
02-11-2005 10:04 PM
Reply to: Message 10 by daaaaaBEAR
02-11-2005 9:30 PM


Closing then
If you don't with to discuss it then I guess there is no need for it. Thanks.

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