Category: Conservation of Information
Latemarch on the evolution of AI
Sometimes a comment is too good to leave there in the combox. So: LM, 2 in the AI intelligent agency thread: >>It brought to mind the evolution of AI. It all began with lightning (electrons) striking rocks (silicon) for billions of years (might a nearby warm pond be helpful?) until now we have the delicate […]
AI, state/configuration space search and the ID search challenge
| February 2, 2018 | Posted by kairosfocus under Back to Basics of ID, Computing, AI, Cybernetics and Mechatronics, Conservation of Information, Darwinist rhetorical tactics, ID, Informatics, thermodynamics and information |
In his well-known work, No Free Lunch, p. 11, ID Researcher William A Dembski has illustrated the search challenge concept in terms of an arrow hitting a target amidst a reference class of possibilities. In so doing, he reaches back to the statistical mechanical and mathematical concept of a phase space “cut down” to address […]
Upright Biped’s summary on information systems in cell based life
UD participant Upright Biped (of Complexity Cafe U/D: Biosemiosis) has commented recently in the what is knowledge thread, replying to frequent objector CR by summarising key aspects of the role of information systems in observed cell based life. His remarks are well worth headlining: __________________ UB, 195: >>We can start by summarizing the core physical […]
GP on the Origin of Body Plans [OoBP] challenge
. . . here (at 194) in his amazing engineering thread as he responds to Dionisio: >>Dionisio: Thank you for summarizing that interesting discussion. I will summarize it even more. 1) Nobody knows how morphogenesis is controlled and guided. 2) Moran is no exception to that. 3) “Experts” are no exception to that. 4) However, […]
To Err is Human: Error in comparing African-Euro genomes
| February 4, 2016 | Posted by DLH under Conservation of Information, Darwinism, Evolution, Genetics, Human evolution, Society, Tree of life |
Error found in study of first ancient African genome “Finding that much of Africa has Eurasian ancestry was mistaken.” . . .
Aurelio Smith’s Analysis of Active Information
| April 30, 2015 | Posted by Winston Ewert under Conservation of Information, Intelligent Design |
Recently, Aurelio Smith had a guest publication here at Uncommon Descent entitled Signal to Noise: A Critical Analysis of Active Information. Most of the post is taken up by a recounting of the history of active information. He also quotes the criticisms of Felsentein and English which have responded to at Evolution News and Views: These Critics […]
Signal to Noise: A Critical Analysis of Active Information
| April 23, 2015 | Posted by johnnyb under Conservation of Information, Evolution, Intelligent Design, UD Guest Posts |
The following is a guest post by Aurelio Smith. I have invited him to present a critique of Active Information in a more prominent place at UD so we can have a good discussion of Active Information’s strengths and weaknesses. The rest of this post is his.
Shoutout to Tom English: How much of the animus you display against Marks and Dembski is scholarly?
| October 13, 2014 | Posted by News under Conservation of Information, Informatics, Intelligent Design |
One hopes that further critical review of Marks and Dembski’s papers focuses on the issues at hand.
Guided tour of no free lunch theorems
| September 30, 2014 | Posted by News under Conservation of Information, News |
So … if this is correct … Darwinism isn’t so much wrong as impossible.
Would greater DNA harm enhance evolution or degradation?
| July 31, 2014 | Posted by DLH under Biophysics, Cell biology, Conservation of Information, Darwinism, Entropy, extinction, Genetics, Informatics, Intelligent Design, Natural selection |
Mutations are used to explain evolution but also cause cancer. Biologists have discovered conditions for multiple mutations. Can we therefore infer that evolution via mutations is more likely? or that enhanced mutations will cause faster species degradation and extinction? Biologists describe mechanism promoting multiple DNA mutations DNA mutations—long known to fuel cancer as well as […]
Further to Bill Dembski at U Chicago, July 16 in Seattle
| July 9, 2014 | Posted by News under Conservation of Information |
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Catch Bill Dembski on Conservation of Information at U Chicago, August 13
| July 9, 2014 | Posted by News under Conservation of Information, News |
Dembski: Natural selection cannot create the information that enables evolution to be successful, but at best redistributes already existing information.
