Can Probability Theory Be Used To Refute Evolution? (Part One)

By Jason Rosenhouse

Claims of mathematical disproof of evolution typically make use of probability theory. The idea is to show that it so improbable that a given complex biological structure, such as the vertebrate eye, could have evolved gradually that it is effectively impossible for it to have done so. Frequently this argument will include actual calculations purporting to place the assertion on a rigorous mathematical footing.As a professional mathematician, I am well aware of how impressive such calculations can appear to people untrained in probability.
http://www.csicop.org/creationwatch/probability-one.html

Why God's in a class by himself

By Michael Shermer, MICHAEL SHERMER is the publisher of Skeptic magazine, a columnist for Scientific American and the author of "The Science of Good & Evil" and "Science Friction"
You can believe in God and evolution as long as you keep the two in separate, logic-tight compartments. Belief in God depends on religious faith. Belief in evolution depends on empirical evidence.
http://tinyurl.com/8ngdm

James Randi, August 19, 2005

TIME Magazine Boo-Boo, I Suggest a Gentle Sigh, An Open Request, Mr. Walker Doesn’t Learn Easily, On the Remarkable Tweeter, No Thinking in the Bathtub, A Puzzle Well Solved, Basic Science from our Favorite Authority, From the UK, Kabbalah Strings Along, He Got Over It, A Step Backward for Sweden, Bamboo in Australia, Math Is Not Their Strong Point, How Embarrassing, Psychics On the Job, A Strong Representation of Skeptics, On the Trudeau Matter – Two Perceptive Executives, No Mystery After All, Superstition vs. Science, Our Phil Sounds Off, and In Conclusion...
http://www.randi.org/jr/081905time.html

EL ESCÉPTICO DIGITAL - Edición 2005 - Número 8

1.- PSEUDOCIENCIAS EN LA UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA
Sergio Gil Abán

2.- MANIFIESTO POR LA CIENCIA

3.- EL NUEVO SOLÓN
Fernando L. Frías

4.- CONTENIDOS DE EL ESCÉPTICO Nº 19
Redacción de El Escéptico

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