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Wounded King · 05-14-2003, 04:01 AM

Ill take that bet, You round up the infinite number of monkeys and Ill see about the typewriters.

NonHomogenized · 05-14-2003, 04:17 AM

Wait, isn't that the principle on which the Discovery Institute and its ilk are founded?

wade-w · 05-15-2003, 12:25 AM

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Originally posted by NonHomogenized
Wait, isn't that the principle on which the Discovery Institute and its ilk are founded?

In a way. Their problem is that they don't understand evolution, and make all kinds of ridiculous assumptions in coming up with their probabilities. So that part of their argument may be valid, but it is not sound.

NonHomogenized · 05-16-2003, 01:54 AM

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Originally posted by wade-w
In a way. Their problem is that they don't understand evolution, and make all kinds of ridiculous assumptions in coming up with their probabilities. So that part of their argument may be valid, but it is not sound.

Actually, I just meant that they were founded on the principle that, if you took enough monkeys (er... creationists), and had them bang randomly on keyboards for long enough, eventually they'd come up with a coherent argument

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05-14-2003, 04:01 AM	#11
Wounded King Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,211	Ill take that bet, You round up the infinite number of monkeys and Ill see about the typewriters.

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