6. Semantic information is a non repeating, non random, ordered set and as such for any given length it is a macrostate with only one microstate or the least likely of any arrangement. DNA is semantic information and in relation to the specification of protein represents a decrease in Boltzmann entropy by virtue of its improbability. The size of the entropy drop is not important, it is the second law requirement for that process to balance the entropy books.
7. Myoglobin was the first protein sequenced and has 153 (or 154) amino acids each coded by a 3 DNA based codon. The effective improbability of a codon is 162 counting chirality (handedness) and redundancy of codons. By the second law the evolutionary system that got it to that state must also pay for it which means the capacity for the execution of 153^162 = 10^338 random changes or mutations if selection and reproduction do not affect the improbability(1).
8. Since the total event capacity of the universe is 10^100 atom milliseconds this would clearly be insufficient to cover the entropy debt for the myoglobin protein molecule. In truth the opportunities for mutation events capable of evolving such a state of matter as myoglobin are limited to the surface of planets like earth. To falsify the theory of evolution it is necessary to show the evolutionary process cannot pay the entropy debt for proteins like myoglobin.
9. The entropy argument is saying that the number of possibilities (improbability) is by far too big for random mutations to string together the required series of complimentary beneficial changes. Lets look at another quote from the Wikipedia regarding what they call the Fitness Function concerning trying to 'evolve' an optimum truck delivery rout.
“Evolutionary optimization techniques are particularly useful in situations in which it is easy to determine the quality of a single solution, but hard to go through all possible solutions one by one (it is easy to determine the driving time for a particular route of the delivery truck, but it is almost impossible to check all possible routes once the number of destinations grows to more than a handful).”
(1) After correction (Feb 2016) the simple model I proposed in Dec 2015 has demonstrated that selection and replication reduce the improbability. [see Dr J verifies]
I do hope you have a nice day..
Mike Bellamy BE (Aero) UNSW 1972
Thank you Mike for your time and insight into this subject. You provide a solid foundation for the necessity of an intelligent designer.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious, does your search for truth extend beyond the necessity of a designer to a more specific identification of who that designer might be? I recognize such a quest will take you in more of an historical and theological direction (one in which you may not wish to go, if so, please disregard the question); however, I'm interested in your discourse of the matter.
Rob Taylor
Thanks Rob.. In a word yes.. There are some more technical notes on the Dialogue to be added but the next blog will be "Who is God"..I want to keep the thinking on a rational basis without religious dogmatism.. cognizant of many who have been really hurt by such. People are not the enemy only bad science.. Richard Fineman said"Physics is not important.. love is important" and he was not religious.
ReplyDeleteMike,
ReplyDeleteSorry for the long delay in responding. It has been a very busy season of life! I look forward with great anticipation to your next blog. I concur with your sentiment regarding religious dogmatism. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.
Rob