Proof of ID: An essay (Introduction)

by David Turell , Thursday, June 25, 2015, 19:03 (3439 days ago) @ dhw


> http://www.evolutionnews.org/2015/06/must_we_directl097021.html
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> dhw: However, we do not know the origin of natural structures, and unlike the products of our own intelligence, there is no precedent by which to judge whether they result from intelligent design or simply look as if they have been designed (Romansh's snowflake makes the point).-no it doesn't as I've explained. It is simply a frozen copy of the molecule, but that brings us back to the issue of: is every molecule designed?-> dhw: The ID argument might be compared to David's refusal to contemplate the possibility that bacteria are intelligent: they may look intelligent, he says, but they are not. Individuals may have their own favourite theory, but we are once again back to our three possible sources of natural "design": divinity, chance, a form of panpsychism.-Panpsychism again takes us back to the existence of 'mindfulness' in everything, with no explanation of where that came from, or it is it simply a branch of a universal divine consciousness?