tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post8592699416998186862..comments2023-03-26T03:50:25.501-04:00Comments on David's Secret Blog: We Interupt this Blog Vacation...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-79799468442690660962013-04-22T01:31:20.489-04:002013-04-22T01:31:20.489-04:00David:
You are in your Delphic mode again.
Regar...David:<br /><br />You are in your Delphic mode again.<br /><br />Regarding the first link (it was interesting entering the WayBack machine) -- any follow up to the original study?<br /><br />Also, one thing struck me all these years later about the statistical discussion: no one mentioned the certainty that if mutations are random, some mutations will themselves mutate in a (I think) Poisson distribution. Each time a mutation mutates, their is a 1:4 chance it will return to its original state.<br /><br />I don't have the mathematical sophistication to analyze the probabilities, but it sounded a lot like the original analysis excluded the probability of original > something else > original.<br /><br />From the second link, you said:<br /><br /><i> I just think that almost any mutation that can be expressed in a living creature can survive.</i><br /><br />Penguins and flamingos say otherwise.<br /><br />Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-36737831498848468862013-04-22T00:07:32.976-04:002013-04-22T00:07:32.976-04:00Joe: Basically, see any thread in which I called ...Joe: Basically, see any thread in which I called Darwin trivial, but for example see <a href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32636283&postID=7385237712959463545" rel="nofollow">this thread</a> and <a href="http://dailyduck.blogspot.com/2006/09/better-not-to-speak-out-and-remove-all.html" rel="nofollow">this thread</a>.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902329503560660425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-63275605583000631862013-04-21T15:34:57.953-04:002013-04-21T15:34:57.953-04:00I don't -- what did Peter just win?I don't -- what did Peter just win?Joe Shropshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517832990046570563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-42868694637542540712013-04-21T15:33:18.182-04:002013-04-21T15:33:18.182-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Joe Shropshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517832990046570563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-29876526955808675822013-04-17T18:11:08.582-04:002013-04-17T18:11:08.582-04:00Nice try, Skipper, but David and I have long memor...Nice try, Skipper, but David and I have long memories.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836910211382887430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-2012136879088990642013-04-16T01:01:36.338-04:002013-04-16T01:01:36.338-04:00Well, duh.
I'm pretty certain I typed stuff a...Well, duh.<br /><br />I'm pretty certain I typed stuff almost exactly along that line back in the day.<br /><br />Of course random variation happens; therefore, reproductively isolated populations will diverge over time.<br /><br />Why is this such a revelation?Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-72477692154154351832013-04-03T09:19:03.837-04:002013-04-03T09:19:03.837-04:00Especially from within.Especially from within.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836910211382887430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-89761947150625973842013-04-03T07:55:25.917-04:002013-04-03T07:55:25.917-04:00Well, no one likes it when their god is blasphemed...Well, no one likes it when their god is blasphemed.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902329503560660425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-48823606536615937912013-04-03T05:21:32.244-04:002013-04-03T05:21:32.244-04:00We win!! God bless the New England Complex System...We win!! God bless the New England Complex Systems Institute.<br /><br />However, I fear they will soon all be on the street <a href="http://life.nationalpost.com/2013/03/23/what-has-gotten-into-thomas-nagel-leading-atheist-branded-a-heretic-for-daring-to-question-darwinism/" rel="nofollow">begging for quarters</a>. As Chinese palaeontologist, Jun-Yuan Chen, once quipped, “In China we can criticize Darwin but not the government. In America you can criticize the government but not Darwin.”Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836910211382887430noreply@blogger.com