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[juvenissun]

Neighbor Joining is (as I told several times before) an algorithm, not an argument.

With every reply you make you just show how little you actually wants to learn, because you seams to have an amazing ability to forget faster than I am able to "teach" you anything.

So, how do you apply that algorithm to the idea of common ancestry?

 

[juvenissun]

In the differences.

What is the unit for the "distance"?
If it is an unit of length, how does it represent the sequence of life forms?

 

[juvenissun]

If he want to believe in supernatural force that created life, fine with me, but once he start to claim that scientific observations are "assumptions" and use that as motivation for his supernatural beliefs then, well...

It is like somebody would visit a workshop for craftsmen and ask "why do you use screwdriver when screws does not exists?". Just imagine the stares such person would get. But somehow creationist assumes they can ask the very same and then demand to be taken serious and be treated with respect...

Creationism spits knowledge in the face...

The only reason creationists get away with their nonsense is that most people does not understand the implication of a nested set and not even what a nested set is. But they are excused, even the best mind of history missed this as well, but these days there exists no excuse not to know for those that actually wants to know (or claims to know).

So, I do not know what it is. Could you explain it (with your own words)? It could be very simple. A few sentences would do.

(I know set and I know nested, and I can guess what a nested set looks like. But why is it relevant?)