I don't think there'd be an infinite amount in our observable universe (which is what they're referring to there).
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I don't think there'd be an infinite amount in our observable universe (which is what they're referring to there).I didn't know that. I'm going to spend some time investigating it. Part of me is thinking 'surely that can't be right'. I mean, could there effectively be an infinite amount of the starting blocks of life throughout the universe?
There's another reference Kauffman, (one of the authors), has made, where he calculates that the number of all possible combinations of proteins, having an arbitrary typical length of say, 200 amino acids, is so large, that given the known age of the (observable) universe, the universe cannot possibly have made all these protein combinations just once! (A typical protein is about 300 amino acids in length).That's what I was thinking. The whole universe is a can of Primal Soup (no artifical ingredients).
I don't think there'd be an infinite amount in our observable universe (which is what they're referring to there).
There's another reference Kauffman, (one of the authors), has made, where he calculates that the number of all possible combinations of proteins, having an arbitrary typical length of say, 200 amino acids, is so large, that given the known age of the universe, the universe cannot possibly have made all these protein combinations just once! (A typical protein is about 300 amino acids in length).
This then leads to the extraordinary conclusion that the universe has only explored a tiny, tiny subset of the possible proteins, of length 200 amino acids!
(I haven't yet looked closely at his math/assumptions in that calculation yet .. but the point he's making with it, underwrites a major part of his life's work in molecular evolution).
What he then argues, is that that enormous space of possible protein combinations, (length 200 aminos), leaves available a huge space for evolution to 'explore'.But that discounts any evolutionary process.
Yes .. its chances of growing to two, are also non-zero .. so it does .. and then it, and the first one, can also become piece-parts of what follows .. The (math) function you're describing there, actually asymptotes to infinity in a finite (but huge) amount of time .. which includes some assumptions about the behaviors of the compounds involved .. some of which have already been tested .. some haven't .. (I think).Bradskii said:What's the chance of a length of two amino acids forming? Surely a distinct possibility. So if we have two and it is an advangage,then what's the chances of it expanding to three? Rinse, repeat.
It is quite a common creationist belief. When do you think the Flood happened?
You belive someone lived over 600 years?In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life.
On the seventeenth day of the second month.
...to be precise.
Genesis 5:27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.You belive someone lived over 600 years?
Ok. So when was that?In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life.
On the seventeenth day of the second month.
...to be precise.
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life.
On the seventeenth day of the second month.
...to be precise.
Strength. Hair. Reading and writing skills. Limited domiciles.What defining biological features of Apes do Humans lack?
You belive someone lived over 600 years?
You have a very modern, narrow understanding of truth.
That's rather meaningless without a frame of reference to today, isn't it?
Ooooh, a threat! What fun. And boasting, too. You really are a Christian.Trust me.
You do NOT want to debate the Noachian Flood with me.
I've done heaps of Flood apologetics debates. They always end in tears.
So somewhere in the Old Kingdom period. When a strong and united Egypt was building HUGE pyramids all over the place. And sending trade expeditions to Nubia, Palestine, and Crete. And documenting everything that took place.Sometime in the mid third millennium BC, or about 4500 years ago.
Ooooh, a threat! What fun. And boasting, too. You really are a Christian.
So you can tell me what year your "Noachian Flood" took place in... yes?Trust me.
You do NOT want to debate the Noachian Flood with me.
I've done heaps of Flood apologetics debates. They always end in tears.
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