The whole "information" argument is a red herring. Evolution is neither planned nor does it have a goal in mind, therefore “information” does not exist nor does it need to. Rather it is the useful adaptation to changing conditions of miniscule but natural mutations that occur in every species, every generation, all the time. The fact is that in whatever sense of “information” you are referring to it has been observed to have increased, specifically in these ways:
— increased genetic variety in a population (Lenski 1995; Lenski et al. 1991)
— increased genetic material (Alves et al. 2001; Brown et al. 1998; Hughes and Friedman 2003; Lynch and Conery 2000; Ohta 2003)
— novel genetic material (Knox et al. 1996; Park et al. 1996)
— novel genetically-regulated abilities (Prijambada et al. 1995)
There are more than 400 alleles at some genetic loci in the human body.
Evolution is probably the most solidly established fact in science, and yet the same inane arguments against it come up almost daily, each time the author thinking they are being original and clever. Physicists have to deal with cranks writing letters to say they have proved Einstein wrong. They can openly call these people cranks. But, because of the respect shown to religion, biologists who deal with cranks denying evolution who are equally dismissive are called 'militant'. Evolution deniers are ignorant kooks.
Creationists often demand a high level of evidentiary proof from non-believers and scientists yet they require almost none from their church. A clear double standard.
The whole "information" argument is a red herring. Evolution is neither planned nor does it have a goal in mind, therefore “information” does not exist nor does it need to. Rather it is the useful adaptation to changing conditions of miniscule but natural mutations that occur in every species, every generation, all the time. The fact is that in whatever sense of “information” you are referring to it has been observed to have increased, specifically in these ways:
— increased genetic variety in a population (Lenski 1995; Lenski et al. 1991)
— increased genetic material (Alves et al. 2001; Brown et al. 1998; Hughes and Friedman 2003; Lynch and Conery 2000; Ohta 2003)
— novel genetic material (Knox et al. 1996; Park et al. 1996)
— novel genetically-regulated abilities (Prijambada et al. 1995)
There are more than 400 alleles at some genetic loci in the human body.
Evolution is probably the most solidly established fact in science, and yet the same inane arguments against it come up almost daily, each time the author thinking they are being original and clever. Physicists have to deal with cranks writing letters to say they have proved Einstein wrong. They can openly call these people cranks. But, because of the respect shown to religion, biologists who deal with cranks denying evolution who are equally dismissive are called 'militant'. Evolution deniers are ignorant kooks.
Creationists often demand a high level of evidentiary proof from non-believers and scientists yet they require almost none from their church. A clear double standard.