Killing the Watchmaker (Origins)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 05:39 (4923 days ago) @ dhw

Hi guys, -Sorry to jump in on the middle of this, but life has been hectic and crazy as usual. -First, as the resident theist, I feel compelled to point out that most religious text do not call humans superior. In fact the bible only calls us 'the most loved of all creation'. That is not 'most superior', that is 'most loved'. -Now, I do not know about you guys, and I can not speak for everyone, but personally, I tend to love things because of their flaws, not in spite of them. -Also, this idea of perfection. Perfection according to whom? Better according to whom? Yes, being able to see every spectrum of light may have given us a evolutionary advantage, one which we apparently did not need. Why, though? Why would that have necessarily been better? What might it have deprived us of? Would you be able to appreciate the world if you knew everything there is to know about it, or if you could see every spectrum of light?-I am going back to school to study game design. (Just wanted to study something I enjoy since I already have a career.) In my research for my studies, one of the articles on a trade site that I came across is about world building and design. There are some basic rules to it that must be applied in order for people to accept a game world psychologically.-1)It must have mysteries that will never be revealed.(It must have closed doors)
2)It can not have a true beginning or end.(Meaning absolute beginning, and absolute end, with nothing, not even God pre/postdating it.)
3)Everything bigger is made of something smaller.
4)There is no such thing as utopia. There must be flaws.-
Thank you for this post. It was a good read after a long absence.