Does Common Descent Follow Logically From Darwin's Four Postulates?

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  1. Eugene Shubert Valued Senior Member

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  3. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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    What would I learn from unanswerable questions?

    That some questions are unanswerable?

    Been there done that?

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    Your priest told you to believe that, so you do. You have entrusted your salvation to him.
     
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    In science, a probability of measure zero means impossible.
    And the assumption that an evolutionary change of X -> Y has the same probability as Y -> X is ridiculous.
    That theorem is in conflict with the findings of research and observation.
     
  8. Eugene Shubert Valued Senior Member

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    Find some mathematicians you trust and ask them.
     
  9. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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    X --> Y has same probability Y --> X

    Pregnancy --> Birth

    Birth --> ???

    I don't think so

    I'm with you iceaura

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    Axiom 3: "The DNA copying process is imperfect; there are random, frequently occurring single-character misspellings, deletions, insertions, duplications, translocations and inversions."

    Consequently, what is the probability for each specific error and what is the probability for each error to be undone? All I know is that if a transposition takes place with probability p, then the reverse transposition to fix that error also has a probability of p of happening.
     
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    Like I said - all you need is a high school intro text in "Probability and Statistics". It will have a picture of a Galton Machine, for you to ponder. I linked one for you, on Wiki.

    In more advanced classes, the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics is introduced - if you need something fancier than marbles in boxes.
    That's not the case, in physical reality, for evolutionary processes.

    We're not talking math, we're talking science. Physical reality. If your math model doesn't fit the facts, you discard it or change it.
     
  12. Eugene Shubert Valued Senior Member

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    Likewise, if an inversion takes place with probability q, then the probability to invert that inversion is also of probability q.
     
  13. Eugene Shubert Valued Senior Member

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    A Galton Machine has nothing to do with mutations.
     
  14. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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    The probability of any particular transposition taking place is UNKNOWN and UNKNOWABLE

    Hence the reverse of any particular transposition taking place is DOUBLE UNKNOWN and UNKNOWABLE

    There MIGHT, only JUST might be a extremely high number just short of INFINITY but because of UNKNOWN imponderables is beyond calculation

    If anybody out there has a formula or calculation method I would be happy to hear about it

    I'll go with 1 in INFINITY

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  15. iceaura Valued Senior Member

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    That's not true of evolutionary processes in physical reality. Your model is in conflict with research findings and observation. Change your model, or discard it.
    That's not true either - the basics of probability are best illustrated with simple models like that, and models of mutation frequency etc incorporate probabilities.
     
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    Given a string of n distinct characters, then the number of possible transpositions is exactly n(n-1)/2.

    For example, AB is a string of two distinct characters. So n=2. Put that in the formula and you get 2(2-1)/2 =1. That's right, isn't it?
    There is only 1 possible transposition for the string AB, which is BA.

    Again, ABC is a string of three distinct characters. So n=3. Put that in the formula and you get 3(3-1)/2 =3. I'm right again.

    So from ABC there are only 3 possible transpositions:

    BAC
    ACB
    CBA

    Here's a homework assignment for you. Check my formula for 4 distinct characters by listing all the possible transpositions to ABCD. There should be 4(4-1)/2 = 6 of them.
     
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    In general, DNA polymerases are highly accurate, with an intrinsic error rate of less than one mistake for every 107 nucleotides added.[7] In addition, some DNA polymerases also have proofreading ability; they can remove nucleotides from the end of a growing strand in order to correct mismatched bases. Finally, post-replication mismatch repair mechanisms monitor the DNA for errors, being capable of distinguishing mismatches in the newly synthesized DNA strand from the original strand sequence. Together, these three discrimination steps enable replication fidelity of less than one mistake for every 109 nucleotides added.[7] (wikipedia)
     
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  18. Eugene Shubert Valued Senior Member

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    Toy models are just the playthings of mathematicians. Again, start with a string of n distinct characters and derive the formula for the number of possible inversions. Assign the same probability for each inversion. Do the math.
     
  19. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

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    Is that real math or creationist math?
     
  20. exchemist Valued Senior Member

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    Thank you for getting this show back on the road with some proper science, rather than puerile arguments based on a 5th former's grasp of probability.
     
  21. Eugene Shubert Valued Senior Member

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    Axiom 4 of Sanford's Genomic Degeneration Theorem affirms that "The number of DNA copying errors has been measured to be between 100 and 200 per person per generation." Isn't that right?
     
  22. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

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    That's about right.
     
  23. billvon Valued Senior Member

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    That is correct - and is one of the reasons we know we share an ancestor with bananas.
     

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