Gpuccio: Functional Information Methodology

[gpuccio]

Just to have some breath, I quote here this interesting comment by Giltil on the other thread:

@Giltil

Dr. Swamidass: What empirical evidence do you have that demonstrates FI increases are unique to design?

I missed a good chunk of the exchanges. Did Gpuccio or anyone else from Team ID ever answer this rather critical question on this or the main thread?

I think you will find gpuccio answer in the main thread.
But maybe I can give you the answer.
The question is whether the claim « high FI signifies design » is warranted.
The answer is yes, both theoretically and empirically. Theoretically because there is no sufficient probabilistic ressources in the universe to find a target with a FI > 500 bits.
Empirically because there is not a single example that an object exhibiting such high FI has ever been produced without design; each time the cause of an object with high FI is known, this cause is invariably an intelligent cause.
In fact, the statement that high FI signifies design may probability be seen as a scientific law, in par with the second law of thermodynamics!
In the context of @gpuccio main thread, this leads us to the only real question, I. E., does the FI associated with some well defined transitions in life history is high enough to warrant a design inference? For the answer, stay tune with the ongoing dialogue.

I will come back to some of these concepts as soon as I can.