The Argument Clinic

[colewd (Bill Cole)]

@Roy

Did you pass any of those courses?

I did, all of them.

Thanks for the write up. I agree that I have not explained the calculations in enough detail. I also agree with the error you pointed out.

@Roy

Neither 10^371 nor 10^482 have appeared in this thread before. 10^482 might be a bad approximation of 20^371, and 10^371 derived from it, but since you’ve not explained where they come from, and 10^371 looks like a botched attempt to divide 20^371 by 2, the only response needed is to

10^482 is an approximation of 20^371. 2^371 is about 4… e^111. I just approximate to 10^111. Subtract 482-111 and you get 10^371. Base two was derived by half of the amino acids being substitutable.

By bad approximation you should mean the approximation can distort the conclusion. Do you think this rounding can change the conclusion?