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subbie
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Message 39 of 120 (353287)
09-30-2006 2:29 PM
Reply to: Message 37 by Barbarian
09-29-2006 9:49 AM


Barbarian, I fear you are wasting your time. By insisting on pinning down specifics before beginning, you may scare poor Albert away. Too many details agreed upon will make it more difficult for him to move the goalposts.
But good luck to you none the less.

Those who would sacrifice an essential liberty for a temporary security will lose both, and deserve neither. -- Benjamin Franklin

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Message 52 of 120 (354613)
10-05-2006 11:00 PM
Reply to: Message 49 by jar
10-05-2006 3:43 PM


Re: Geek Speak
The translation is that it is fun but tells us absolutely nothing. We KNOW that evolution happened. That is a 100% true fact, probability is 1. It matters not what the result of the programming challenge is, Evolution happened.
It certainly does not tell us anything, as you say, but it might be more than just fun.
A common refrain I've heard from I.D flavor creos is that mutations cannot add information. I'm no more fluent in geek than nj, but it seems to me that if a project of this sort succeeds, it would at least provide ammo against the claim that the creos are making.
BTW, if Aslan is not a tame lion, then what is it? And why would we even think it is a tame lion to begin with? Inquiring minds want to know.

Those who would sacrifice an essential liberty for a temporary security will lose both, and deserve neither. -- Benjamin Franklin

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