Science vs. Religion: (Chapter 5) (Humans)

by David Turell , Saturday, August 06, 2011, 19:43 (4857 days ago) @ xeno6696


> Don't mistake the forest for the trees.... I find Aeschylus and Shakespeare more divinely inspiring than science, in regards to human intellect! But the main reason this argument feels weak to me is that it more or less says "we were designed because WE are so smart..."
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> Unless I oversimplified it, it makes me cringe! (Sorry! :-/ )-Don't be sorry. I have appreciated all of your comments, and I again repeat a statement from before. I wish you and dhw had been my editors. I found Adler's book, 'The Difference' about two years after writing that chapter 5 (It was from 1967). I could have made the chapter stronger with that background. I still think Adler has a major point. You are a much more exacting thinker than I am with your philosophy background, too exacting in some areas! Like odds against chance life. :>)) Our Hat Size Is (Still) Too Big for Darwin. But now try Chapter 6, a really fuzzy area.