"( An accident on the way to work has a specific cause , yet can be modelled statistically ) You would n't be able to have that analogy in context ... because if there is nothing , cause can not help you . That is the whole argument ... without anything to start you can not have cause be the agency for events to follow ."
"But there are ample known causes for such novelty as is required by evolution . Mutation induced by chemical or energetic interference , recombination through sexual reproduction - surely you are not suggesting that these processes do not occur ?"
"( An accident on the way to work has a specific cause , yet can be modelled statistically ) You would n't be able to have that analogy in context ... because if there is nothing , cause can not help you . That is the whole argument ... without anything to start you can not have cause be the agency for events to follow ."
"But there are ample known causes for such novelty as is required by evolution . Mutation induced by chemical or energetic interference , recombination through sexual reproduction - surely you are not suggesting that these processes do not occur ?"