Natural Teleology: More Thomas Nagel (The limitations of science)

by David Turell , Monday, February 04, 2013, 15:36 (4308 days ago) @ dhw


> DAVID: Your supposition is much more complex than my simple suggestion of a first cause mind.
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> dhw: I cannot see why the idea that matter combines itself in "intelligent" ways should be regarded as more complex than the idea of an infinite and eternal, self-aware intellect, with no provenance, that deliberately creates universes on the one hand and DNA on the other.-There is a whole section of theological thought that describes God as very simple. It is the result of that simplicity's actions that you view as very complex.