Human evolution: we are entirely improbable (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, January 25, 2021, 15:08 (1187 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: I have never denied a first cause! I have listed three possible first causes (your God, chance, and some form of panpsychism) but find none of them convincing enough to take a leap of faith. Now please explain the logic of your bolded theory above.

DAVID: The usual: nothing never produces something. Therefore, as you agree, there must be a first cause. Of your three possibilities, chance is impossible because of the complexities in living biology and panpsychism is a woolly mind-like theory, so why not stick to the obvious: the necessity of an eternal planning mind?

dhw: Why won’t you explain the logic behind the “mind” theory bolded above, which is no less woolly than the woolly “mind-like” theory?

I'm forced to go back to simple principals, evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. The complexity of life requires a designing mind. Our minds are not equal to that mind but our appearance with our minds is not explained by any theory presented by humans. As for panpsychism as an undefined mental force, it is just a variation on the recognition mental activity is required and is a fudge factor in the debate.