Intelligence (Origins)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Friday, March 15, 2013, 04:44 (4269 days ago) @ dhw

DHW: I shan't reproduce the rest of your post, which deals largely with game design, because interesting though it is, I can't see that it favours one hypothesis over another. -Because it requires a designer. Someone to design the rules carefully and ensure that they are balanced. That takes foresight, and does not happen by chance. 
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> DHW: My problem with the passage quoted at the start of this post is your use of "developed..." and "then...", which suggests tinkering around. That is why I've tried to pin down the process implied by your God hypothesis: "Do you believe that God pre-programmed the very first cells to pass the blueprint for sex/liver/brain down through countless generations of individual organisms and different species, or that every innovation was the result of his stepping in and fiddling with the genes?" I do hope you will find time to answer, as this is the question I'm really concerned with.-There is no doubt that it was done in stages. How much tinkering was done in between those stages is anyone's guess, but even the Bible acknowledges that humans were among the last new species, which corresponds with what we know from the archaeological record.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.