New Unified Model of Specified Complexity

[Dan_Eastwood]

Here we go again.

A new unified model of specified complexity

Abstract:
A mathematical theory of complex specified information is introduced which unifies several prior methods of computing specified complexity. Similar to how the exponential family of probability distributions have dissimilar surface forms yet share a common underlying mathematical identity, we define a model that allows us to cast Dembski’s semiotic specified complexity, Ewert et al.’s algorithmic specified complexity, Hazen et al.’s functional information, and Behe’s irreducible complexity into a common mathematical form. Adding additional constraints, we introduce canonical specified complexity models, for which one-sided conservation bounds are given, showing that large specified complexity values are unlikely under any given continuous or discrete distribution and that canonical models can be used to form statistical hypothesis tests, by bounding tail probabilities for arbitrary distributions. Montanez GD (2018) A Unified Model of Complex Specified Information. BIO-Complexity 2018 (4):1- ˜ 26. doi:10.5048/BIO-C.2018.4

http://bio-complexity.org/ojs/index.php/main/article/view/BIO-C.2018.4

[swamidass (S. Joshua Swamidass)]

I’m honestly not sure what is new about this. It seems rather to just be formalizing a point that ID has claimed all along, that all ID arguments are special cases of CSI. This seems to make the whole effort very fragile. Should any individual argument be found invalid, then this might mean all the rest are invalid for the same reason.

Of course we know that many ID arguments are invalid. If they are all the same theory, then this would seem to indicate all of them are invalid for similar reasons. At least that is what we should presume until demonstrated otherwise if this article is correct.

As far as demonstrating one invalid, a great place to start would be Mullers Two Step and irreducible complexity. We could then move on to the marksmans fallacy if we like, or maybe @evograds example of numerology in the genetic code.