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Even in the case of mutations which can change the amount of DNA possessed by an organism, an increase in the amount of DNA does not result in increased function. Biophysicist Dr. [[Lee Spetner]] in his book, ''[http://store.nwcreation.net/notbychshmot.html Not by Chance: Shattering the Modern Theory of Evolution]'', analyzed examples of mutational changes that evolutionists claimed were increases in information, and demonstrated that they were actually examples of loss of specificity, meaning loss of information. | Even in the case of mutations which can change the amount of DNA possessed by an organism, an increase in the amount of DNA does not result in increased function. Biophysicist Dr. [[Lee Spetner]] in his book, ''[http://store.nwcreation.net/notbychshmot.html Not by Chance: Shattering the Modern Theory of Evolution]'', analyzed examples of mutational changes that evolutionists claimed were increases in information, and demonstrated that they were actually examples of loss of specificity, meaning loss of information. | ||
The math, allow me elaborate on the math of related mutations, not just mutations but related ones which would be needed to produce these wings or whatever it maybe to actually drastically change like evolution predicts. | |||
First and foremost mutations are rare, they happen on average about once in every 10 million duplications of the DNA molecule (10^7, a one followed by 7 zeroes). The problem comes when you need a series of related mutations to occur. The odds of getting two mutations that are related to one another is the product of seperate probabilities, one in 10^7 x 10^7 or 10^14, a one followed by 14 zeroes, a hundred trillion! That would barely change the shape of a fly wing for example, this is a long way from a truely new structure, and certainly a long ways off from turning the fly into anything other than a fly. | |||
Now since evolution needs the consistency of related mutations to even work, what are the odds of getting 3 related mutations? That is one in a billion trillion, or 10^21. Suddenly the ocean isn't big enough to hold enough bacteria to make that chance likely. | |||
Consult the ''Mathematical Challenges to the Neo-Darwinian Interpretation of Evolution'' (Wistar Institute Press). | |||
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