tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451271892473686275.post3705408717004263164..comments2023-08-24T06:43:12.127-04:00Comments on The Tufted Titmouse: The rock wall analogyDr Benwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487095207583971575noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451271892473686275.post-68266162773092216482009-01-18T01:35:00.000-05:002009-01-18T01:35:00.000-05:00Hand-laid stones are purposefully placed in intric...<I>Hand-laid stones are purposefully placed in intricate patterns so as to benefit from gravity. </I><BR/><BR/>The challenge is not to build a good wall with a particular set of stones, but to build the best wall possible, the one with the least empty space.<BR/><BR/>Can you do it? I believe the task is too complex. <BR/><BR/>However, one can set up a situation in which nearly ideal solutions will arise naturally. That's what the vibration is for. Vibration causes things to pack together. <BR/><BR/>Google <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_algorithm" REL="nofollow">'genetic algorithm' </A> for another example of natural selection being used to find answers to complex problems.Dr Benwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01487095207583971575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451271892473686275.post-19124125275295364462009-01-16T11:43:00.000-05:002009-01-16T11:43:00.000-05:00ok, setup your vibrating wall-maker experiment an...ok, setup your vibrating wall-maker experiment and let's see your data. science is science. doesn't matter who or what process created it. perhaps physical shaking will move stones, but what kind of sub-molecular shaking causes mutation. Also, to what are you comparing the empty space between the stones? What will happen when you remove the steel box? Hand-laid stones are purposefully placed in intricate patterns so as to benefit from gravity. Your analogy seems to argue for intelligent design. Either way, it's a horrible analogy. sorry = (calebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16786402022990014965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451271892473686275.post-13087227021726446442008-07-11T12:00:00.000-04:002008-07-11T12:00:00.000-04:00That's one thing the creationists always overlook....That's one thing the creationists always overlook. Evolution is not about one mutation at a time, there are several in any given organism, and millions in a population - all interacting, all being selected on their own or in combinations. Then we have sex wich speeds up the mutation spreading process. These are things creationists leave out when saying that there is not enough time for evolution to have caused the diversity that we see.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16602020760483338822noreply@blogger.com