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Author Topic:   Questions for William Dembski
Doddy
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Message 8 of 31 (420896)
09-10-2007 4:55 AM
Reply to: Message 6 by sidelined
09-09-2007 4:19 PM


I don't know side. It seems that one is all too easy to weasel out of by simply asserting that the designer(s) was/were uncaused. Either that, or if he really wants to make the creationists angry, he could simply say that we don't know anything about the designer(s), so we can't determine if he/she/it/they needs designing or was designed or by whom. And seeing as people at Q&A sessions don't usually get more than one question, I don't think you could prevent it.

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What do you mean "You can't prove a negative"? Have you searched the whole universe for proofs of a negative statement? No? How do you know that they don't exist then?!

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Doddy
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Message 11 of 31 (420911)
09-10-2007 7:50 AM
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09-10-2007 7:18 AM


sidelined writes:
No problem there because we can just as easily say {via Occam's razor} that the universe was also uncaused.
But the designer isn't explaining the universe. It is explaining 'specified complexity', specifically that of living organisms.
This is true, but they don't so much care about meaning or predictions. It just has to be shown to be true enough to be an alternative to evolution.

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