From here:
"Simply put, complex specified information is information that is both complex and specified, ..."
They then go on to calculate the odds of a working genome that codes for 124 proteins occurring by chance, and comparing this with the number of possible trials.
As usual, minor details such as variation in protein sequence and redundancy in the genetic code are ignored, as is the idea that the first life was much simpler than the simplest extant life, and probably didn't use DNA at all. They also make the "extremely generous assumption" of one new genetic sequence per nanosecond per planet, completely ignoring the possibility that genome production might happen in parallel rather than in sequence, and hence using a genome trial rate that is equivalent to that found in, say, the human population of San Jose.
Naturally their conclusion is that "information in DNA is so complex and specified that even making the most reasonable assumptions, it is impossible for the information in DNA to come about by chance.", which, since every human born has a slightly different genome, leaves me wondering exactly who is designing the new genomes of all the babies being born right now.
"Simply put, complex specified information is information that is both complex and specified, ..."
They then go on to calculate the odds of a working genome that codes for 124 proteins occurring by chance, and comparing this with the number of possible trials.
As usual, minor details such as variation in protein sequence and redundancy in the genetic code are ignored, as is the idea that the first life was much simpler than the simplest extant life, and probably didn't use DNA at all. They also make the "extremely generous assumption" of one new genetic sequence per nanosecond per planet, completely ignoring the possibility that genome production might happen in parallel rather than in sequence, and hence using a genome trial rate that is equivalent to that found in, say, the human population of San Jose.
Naturally their conclusion is that "information in DNA is so complex and specified that even making the most reasonable assumptions, it is impossible for the information in DNA to come about by chance.", which, since every human born has a slightly different genome, leaves me wondering exactly who is designing the new genomes of all the babies being born right now.
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