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The junkyard tornado, sometimes known as Hoyle's fallacy, is an argument against abiogenesis, using a calculation of its probability based on false assumptions, as comparable to "a tornado sweeping through a junk-yard might assemble a Boeing 747 from the materials therein" and to compare the chance of obtaining even a single functioning protein ...
The Tornado in the Junkyard. In his 1983 book The Intelligent Universe, astronomer Fred Hoyle wrote the following infamous passage: “A junkyard contains all the bits and pieces of a...
He would go on to compare the random emergence of even the simplest cell without panspermia to the likelihood that "a tornado sweeping through a junk-yard might assemble a Boeing 747 from the materials therein" and to compare the chance of obtaining even a single functioning protein by chance combination of amino acids to a solar system full of ...
Mar 23, 2018 · On Fred Hoyle’s ‘junkyard tornado’. March 23, 2018February 13, 2019 ~ Geoffrey Klempner. Orlando asked: Is the “junkyard tornado” argument of Sir Fred Hoyle for the existence of God as bad as Richard Dawkins seems to think it is? Geoffrey Klempner.
Feb 13, 2019 · Hoyle’s ‘junkyard tornado’ revisited – Ask a Philosopher. Hoyle’s ‘junkyard tornado’ revisited. February 13, 2019 ~ Geoffrey Klempner. Orlando asks: Is the “junkyard tornado” argument of Sir Fred Hoyle for the existence of God as bad as Richard Dawkins seems to think it is? Answer by Jürgen Lawrenz. My answer comes much later ...
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What is the chance that after its passage a fully assembled 747, ready to fly, will be found standing there? So small as to be negligible, even if a tornado were to blow through enough junkyards to fill the whole Universe.” ― Fred Hoyle, The Intelligent Universe: A New View of Creation and Evolution
May 9, 2024 · The "Tornado in a Junkyard" analogy is credited to Sir Fred Hoyle, a British astronomer and writer. He originally used the comparison not as an analogy for evolution, but as an argument against abiogenesis. He felt that the improbability of even the simplest life form arising from non-living matter was too great.
