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#1113596
ecoline
And I *just* got a new irony meter. You owe me one, Lietha.
2/10/2010 9:41:03 AM
#1113640
Sweet Fancy Moses
The probability is 1, actually.
2/10/2010 10:37:32 AM
#1113653
Gareth1984
Actually the response an actual realitry accepter (as opposed to the Liars in Genesis strawman) would probably respond by pointing out that you have simply pulled such a probably out of your rectum and that it has no basis in fact. Either that or such a probability is based on the usual fallacies such as claiming that evolution is pure chance or by committing the one true sequence or serial trials fallacy which creationists often commit whan claiming that evolution is too improbable to of actually occured.
2/10/2010 10:57:47 AM
#1113691
Zeus Almighty
According to my calculations, the chance of a dirt man being created by an invisible friend, who then takes a dirt-man rib and creates a rib woman with it is ...
2/10/2010 12:09:19 PM
#1113735
Saccharissa
Let's say, for the sake of argument, that we could send the Earth back to the time of single-celled organisms, and let evolution start over.
Probability that the result would be exactly the same as what we have now: Pretty Damn Low.
Probability that something would happen: Very Very High.
Probability that the result, whatever it was, would eventually include religious fundies using the Anthropic Fallacy trying to prove their version of a deity: 1.
2/10/2010 1:28:08 PM
#1113910
Enigma32
[Citation Needed]
2/10/2010 3:08:12 PM
#1115096
wombat
I really really REALLY hope this guy's just trolling.
2/11/2010 3:21:45 PM
#1115106
Anky
Dear Mr. Person:
I can see you like drawing comics. I like drawing comics too! We should hang out and draw sometime!
But I have a suggestion about your writing. If you're going to do comics about science, you might want to research a bit more. You might find evolution interesting. I do. Seriously, check out neanderthal sometime, they're awesome!
I mean, if you just want to write fiction there's no harm in making up fake science. I think that's a lot of fun. It just doesn't seem to be your intent.
Well, good luck.
2/11/2010 3:47:57 PM
#1115124
Garbonzo42
Extension of the above logic:
And the possibility of a deck of cards (including Jokers) being in any order is 240.84*10^69.
Therefore, it is impossible for a deck of cards to be in any order.
Any evidence to the contrary is obviously a trick of Satan.
2/11/2010 4:26:16 PM
#1115202
Phisshy
Evolution happens. What path though is caused many factors.
It is like spinning a roulette wheel. Evolution is the event of the ball stopping and landing on a number, what number though... depends on how the wheel is unfair and to what extent it is unfair. The unfairness used to represent the environment.
2/11/2010 8:12:41 PM
#1115766
No, the problem with probability arguments is that they're flawed, because natural selection isn't governed by random chance. Thunderf00t on youtube has a great video debunking this. I think it's part of the "Why do people laugh at creationists?" series.
Anyway, this type of "yes there's still A CHANCE" wishful thinking seems way more characteristic of theists than atheists. I guess this cartoon is an example of projection.
2/12/2010 1:17:48 PM
#1117559
John_in_Oz
That's the exact same number he got for relativity, quantum mechanics, and the next eclipse.
2/14/2010 2:29:57 AM
#1152397
Dumb and Dumber already did it, moron.
4/27/2010 1:57:26 PM
#1152406
Quantum Mechanic
The mathematical inevitability of evolution has been understood for over half a century. Deal with it.
4/27/2010 2:21:34 PM
#1244020
Life as we experience it is indeed one of billions of possible outcomes. Now that the process has led to this, though, we can't argue probability backwards and say that the small chance is evidence of some nonrandom factor. This is just the way it happened. If it had happened another way, maybe there'd still be idiots like you talking about what a small chance that other way was.
I hope I managed to explain properly. It's a tough concept to articulate, since it comes intuitively to most people.
1/11/2011 3:38:03 PM
#1244047
Brianisha
Christians obviously didnt evolve, some of them are looking and acting more primitive than they ever have. Evolution also means a rise in intelligence, which the fundies are clearly lacking.
1/11/2011 4:32:34 PM
#1244169
Justanotheratheist
The problem with probability arguments is that you look pretty fucking stupid when the "probability" being discussed has been observed as reality. You may as well discuss the "probability" of Las Vegas being in Nevada.
The artwork isn't half bad, though. Pity Dan's wasting his skills on idiotic shit.
1/12/2011 1:26:55 AM
#1244185
whatever
The probability of being a lottery winner is either 0 in infinity or 1 in 1, depending on whether or not you are the winner.
The probability of the present Universe evolving from the Big Bang is therefore 1 in 1.
1/12/2011 3:26:33 AM
#1329023
furbearingbrick
SOMEone's not aware of the law of large numbers.
9/4/2011 4:00:54 PM
#1329032
Dr. Shrinker
It always amuses me when people who can't even define evolution try to tell me how improbable it is.
9/4/2011 5:13:23 PM
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