Dr Behe: Scenario of "God's Pool Shot"

[Eddie (Edward Robinson)]

I hate to disagree with one of my ID heroes, Paul Nelson, but here goes. He writes:

@pnelson

No pool player could possibly sink all the balls with one shot. It’s impossible. The pool player can’t put enough physical information into the head of the cue stick (so to speak), transfer that information to the cue ball, and have the cue ball transfer the information (e.g., vectors) into the fifteen balls in the rack formation to have those balls roll into the pockets of the pool table.

Not only is this possible; it has actually been done. The shot was made by Henry McCoy, playing against Clint Barton, at the Stark estate in New York City in 1980. The event was recorded. Here is the video: