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Evolution and complexity

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Dr Jack
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01-30-2004 6:13 AM 		Reply to: Message 1 by JIM
01-28-2004 8:23 PM

I thought of an analogy that might be useful:
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Imagine flipping coins for all eternity, and counting runs of heads. Over time the longest run of heads will increase, but the average run of heads over any fixed length of time will remain constant.
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