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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The cosmic fingerprints guy is a [b]crackpot[/b].  I can't get past his page on information theory because he cites Shannon and yet he totally contradicts Shannon.  This is not a matter of interpretation.  He fundamentally misrepresents information theory.  Given that, I don't even see why I would read the rest of his site.  His argument has already failed.[/quote]

Shannon may have begun information theory, but it is still just a theory, his theory.  He is not the only information theorist.  Why not expand your horizons and explore recent developments?  I recall the video rationalist saying that rationalists love to constantly refine their understanding of reality.

I have no personal affinity for Marshall.  But I do find it interesting that you deem him a crackpot.  Is he a crackpot because he believes in a Designer?  [/quote]

This is utterly ridiculous.  I defined him as a crackpot because of how completely he butchered a theory he prominently cites on his own web site.  Like if someone claimed that Einstein proved that the earth was only 10,000 years old.

1.  This "just a theory" was half of a two part justification for God just a day ago.  Now it is "only a theory".
2.  Shannon is not just any theorist.  He is the inventor of information theory.  He is as big as anyone gets in a field.
3.  The web site you cited specifically described Shannon's information theory in a way that is the complete opposite of his theory.  You might as well have said Einstein believed in a flat earth.
4.  Where exactly am I supposed to expand my horizons on information theory?  A Dan Brown novel?  Have you ever done a single entropy calculation in your entire life?  Would you know one if you saw it?   If I said "entropy" would you even know that we are talking about information theory.  Well some of us understand this field.  Some of us have.  Here is a very basic, low math introduction.  When you understand this, tell me if I need to expand my horizons: http://astarte.csustan.edu/~tom/SFI-CSSS/info-theory/info-lec.pdf

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