The discussion ranged far and wide and whilst I attempted to make notes during the meeting, reviewing them today clearly shows that they are not sufficient for me to be sure of not misrepresenting ideas. I can confidently state that there was broad agreement that Adami's paper had a number of fundamental problems/issues and one clear error.
There was also some discussion as to whether the application of a measure of biological complexity can make any real sense or have any utility. David Waxman cited a paper that considers the complexity of phenotypes rather than genotypes. The paper can be found here:
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/jgd20/data/mcshea_1993.pdf
With regards alternative accounts of genome complexity and the utility of biological complexity as a concept, Inman Harvey cited Worden's "Speed Limit for Evolution" paper:
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/jcollie/sle
Time was running out, so it was decided that Inman would start next weeks meeting with a brief presentation of Worden and we can then continue the discussion.
The room is TBC - I will send out details later.
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