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Author Topic:   Have complex human-made things been designed?
Coyote
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Message 43 of 85 (480938)
09-07-2008 8:51 PM
Reply to: Message 41 by bluegenes
09-05-2008 6:48 PM


That brings to mind...
And as it's us who invents Gods, it's hardly surprising if they share our traits.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.

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Message 67 of 85 (518082)
08-03-2009 11:27 PM
Reply to: Message 66 by Smooth Operator
08-03-2009 10:25 PM


Useless, eh?
It doesnt' since natural selection is not guided by an intelligence. And if it is not, it can't perform any better than blind chance. It's useless.
Useless, eh?
OK, here is the challenge--roll 25 dice and get all sixes from them.
Your approach seems to require rolling all 25 dice over and over again until they all come up sixes. You'll be there for years.
Another approach, and that followed by natural selection, is to roll the dice and then re-roll only those that are not sixes. You'll be done in a couple of minutes.
This is analogous to natural selection as in each generation (each roll of the dice) those that don't measure up are eliminated, while those that are adequate survive.
Doesn't sound that useless to me, eh?

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