Junk DNA: goodbye!: Review article (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, March 13, 2015, 23:54 (3543 days ago) @ dhw


> DAVID: Very large numbers of chances can be very comforting. Unfortunately there is no evidence of many universes, and we are trapped in one universe which had can obvious beginning. It is easier to decide upon an intelligent first cause.
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> dhw: “Easier”? You do yourself an injustice. ... Unfortunately, there is no evidence of a universal mind, and we are trapped in one universe which prevents access to any information prior to or outside that universe. It is easier to take no decision, though easiness should not be our criterion (and is certainly not mine)!-I appreciate your compliments, but I still insist there has to be a first cause, and one can reason to a likely description.
 
> dhw: You and David see the absurdity of the atheist argument, but not that of your own: nobody knows how life and the universe came into being, so let's invent an eternal, all-knowing designer of no origin, who simply IS, and let's call him God. Unprovable, unknown, unknowable, devoid of any scientific basis,....Life is a mystery, so we solve it by creating an even greater mystery.... That should not be taken as a sign of disrespect for your beliefs. I'm merely trying to explain why I keep seeing pots calling kettles black. One side has to be closer to the truth than the other, but reason certainly won't help me decide which one it is!-Your rejection of chance tells me that your reasoning is closer to Tony and I than you may realize.