A simple question deserving a smackdown (delivered)

PZ lays a smackdown on a neurosurgeon who is one of the Discovery Institute's 700 who are "skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life" and claims:

I am asking a simple question: show me the evidence (journal, date, page) that new information, measured in bits or any appropriate units, can emerge from random variation and natural selection, without intelligent agency.

Predictably, PZ doesn't even have to break into a sweat taking care of this stupidity.

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Update:

Egnor responds, the DI crows, and PZ hits back. For a trained doctor, this guy is clueless.

By John Lynch (not verified) on 24 Feb 2007 #permalink