One of the best parts of Signature in the Cell is Meyer’s defense of the historical sciences. Meyer acknowledges his debt of gratitude to Charles Thaxton for private discussions beginning in the 80’s about historical sciences, or origin sciences as Thaxton calls it. Thaxton wrote The Mystery of Life’s Origins in 1984 together with Roger Olsen . . . → Read More: Validity of Historical Sciences
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 One comment - (Comments are closed)  Design Inference, Signature in the Cell  Design Inference, historical causal analysis, Isaac, SignatureInTheCell Meyer claims that specified complex information can only arise from an intelligent source, justifying that claim by citing a series of examples. One of those examples is computer code. In my previous post, I suggested that this was not an adequate example because of fundamental differences between computer code and DNA information. An obvious question is . . . → Read More: Complex Specified Information Without an Intelligent Source 240 comments - (Comments are closed) Information and intelligence, Signature in the Cell CSI, DNA Information, Information, Intelligence, Isaac, SignatureInTheCell Meyer specifically cites computer code as an analogy to DNA information. In fact, he insists that it is more than an analogy. In chapter 17, he addresses several critiques of ID including the claim that it is based on analogy. On page 386 he states “Although a computer program may be similar to DNA in . . . → Read More: DNA Information and Computer Code 11 comments - (Comments are closed) Information and intelligence, Signature in the Cell CSI, DNA Information, Information, Intelligence, Isaac, SignatureInTheCell |
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