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Information
Intelligent Design Basics – Information – Part IV – Shannon II
The concept of information is central to intelligent design. In previous discussions, we have examined the basic concept of information, we have considered the question of when information arises, and we have briefly dipped our toes into the waters of Shannon information. In the present post, I put forward an additional discussion regarding the latter, Read More…
“Being as Communion” Ships
For those of us who are among the unprivileged masses without access to advance copies, I present a photo of what showed up at my door yesterday: I look forward to delving in as time permits in the coming months.
Darwinian Debating Device #1: Jeffrey Shallit Style Ad Hominem
A week or so ago, Cornelius Hunter referenced a paper by Christoph Adami titled “Information-theoretic considerations concerning the origin of life” available here. Hunter cites the NewScientist article about Adami’s paper, “Chances of first life improved by weighted dice” and highlights in particular the remarkable statement: “Christoph Adami of Michigan State University in East Lansing Read More…
William Dembski on what “information” is
As addressed in his new book, Being as Communion
ID theorist Bill Dembski responds to Adami’s claims about spontaneous emergence of life
Dembski: The probabilities can move very much in favour of spontaneous emergence of life provided you introduce a search that makes the probabilities high
Applying information theory to the origin of life?
Christoph Adami: the probabilities can move very much in favour of spontaneous emergence of life
Mathematician Kadanoff says people should think about Dembski’s thesis—instead of running the guy out of town
Tenure mob did not stop him from speaking.
Quote of the Day: Re Darwin’s Coyne reduced to channelling Holocaust denial
Reader: Coyne is headed, if not already there, in the same direction to that of Dawkins.
Gordon Davisson’s Talk Origins Post of the Month (October 2000)
I’m not aware of any policy restriction on providing links to TalkOrigins at UD. I’ve linked to TalkOrigins a lot since I’ve criticized it so much in the past. In this case, I actually concur with one of Gordon Davisson’s essays there, and I think it rightly earned Post of the Month 14 years ago Read More…
Shannon Information, Entropy, Uncertainty in Thermodynamics and ID
This essay is intended to give a short overview of textbook understanding of Shannon Information, Entropy, Uncertainty in thermodynamics and Intelligent Design. Technical corrections are welcome. The phrases “Shannon Information”, “Shannon Uncertainty”, “Shannon Entropy” are all the same. The most familiar every day usage of the notion of Shannon Information is in the world of Read More…
Bill Dembski: The fundamental stuff of the world is information
Things are real because they exchange information one with another.
Intelligent Design Basics – Information – Part III – Shannon
In this post I want to consider another aspect of information. Specifically, I want to consider the concept of “Shannon information.” First of all, I admit to having ruffled a few feathers when I mentioned in passing in a prior post that “Shannon information is not really information.” As I have also written before in Read More…
Comb jelly files: Complex features do not each emerge once
If traditional evolution theory is this wrong, a theory of information in life forms is more needed than ever.
That venomous worm
Overall, they identified a high-diversity of 60 unique venom protein and peptide families from just five species investigated. (Nothing to see, folks, move on.)