More Denton: Reply to David (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, August 14, 2015, 18:25 (3389 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: My comment was in reply to your statement: “The fact that evolution appears to have stopped and humans have appeared is part of my reasoning that humans are the purpose.” I was referring, as you were, to this planet and to this evolution, and references to other universes, plus the fact that we can enjoy our lives, do not lend any support to what seems to me (and to Romansh) a pretty poor argument. -Don't you think the arrival of sentient beings that can study and understand the workings of their universe as very surprising result? I do. 
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> dhw: So let me speculate on your evolutionary hypothesis. If God hurled Chicxulub, he must have preprogrammed the survivors to survive, knowing from the start that he was going to hurl it; or it was a sudden impulse (“Damn those dastardly dinosaurs!”) so he did a quick dabble to ensure the survivors survived. Otherwise, he'd have lost control, wouldn't he? And his control of evolution is essential to your hypothesis. But if he didn't hurl it, he had lost control anyway. Phew, lucky for the weaverbird and us that some little critter got through carrying our programmes. (See also "Reply to Tony".)-As I analyze your thoughts all this happened as everything drifted along, but again you cover yourself by not accepting a chance mechanism.