RE: 'Directed' evolution?

Pim van Meurs (entheta@eskimo.com)
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 23:00:12 -0700

Ron: <<The book 'Not by Chance" by Spetner, I think is must reading. Sometimes
its above my head as someone unconversant with microbiology but the theme
is quite clear. Randomness simply cannot explain the information increase
over the supposed eons of evolution. To quote one passage, pp 131.
"...Among all the mutations that have been studied, there aren't any known,
clear, examples of a mutation that has added information.">>

How is information defined here ? All these arguments about 'information increase' without any reference to the fact that 1) information increased 2) or even that mutation cannot 'add information'.

Perhaps it would help everyone if one were first to define information.