Arguments against Design (General)

by George Jelliss , Crewe, Sunday, August 02, 2009, 22:19 (5403 days ago) @ BBella

This whole thread seems to have flown off into woo-woo land where you believe things because they seem nice to believe and satisfy your emotional needs. - There is no evidence whatsoever for a "Universal Intelligence". In fact the evidence appears to show that the Universe is in a process of fragmentation, with galaxies flying apart at ever increasing speeds, and no prospect of any communication between them. In fact the whole universe could end in a big rip. - For the universe to be some sort of "mind" it would surely need to have lots of interconnections. I suppose someone might claim quantum entanglements do this, but they can only be maintained under artificial laboratory conditions; once opened up to the environment they untangle. - As for other connections such as telepathy; that has been investigated for at least a hundred years and no reproducible effects have been found. Of course such ideas make for good stories, and they are fine in science fiction and fantasy, but there's not even a smidgeon of evidence to support belief in them in reality.

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GPJ