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Author Topic:   Not enough room in DNA
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Message 54 of 139 (555940)
04-16-2010 10:51 AM
Reply to: Message 45 by slevesque
04-15-2010 4:02 PM


Where's the Tape?
slevesque writes:
Suppose that all balls are on the table, but there are absolutely no way they could get in the pockets by moving around randomly on the table (suppose no friction). Like Duct tape over the holes or something. Now suppose I come back 15 minutes later and all the balls are in the pockets, but still with Duct tape over them. This would be a 'hint' that someone had come and put them all in.
I like your analogy and I agree with it.
IF I witnessed such a thing, I certainly would agree that that this is a very strong hint that someone (some intelligence) had somehow put all the balls into the pockets.
Now, to move your analogy back to reality... what does the duct-tape represent?
In your analogy, we can both walk up to the table and you can point to the duct tape and say "look at the physical blocking mechanism we can both objectively measure and verify that it does, indeed, block the natural flow" of the pool balls into the pockets.
What, in reality, is the "physical blocking mechanism that we can both objectively measure and verify that it does, indeed, block the natural flow" of evolution being responsible for the varying species we see today?
I agree that IF your analogy actually had a counter-part in reality, it would be a very strong hint that something "weird" (perhaps supernatural) is going on.
I just don't agree that your analogy has such a counter-part in reality. I think that the counter-part in reality you're thinking of is not objective at all. I think it's subjective. I don't think it's verifiable, and I think there's a good chance it's only a part of your imagination.
Using the analogy again, I don't think "duct-tape blocking the holes" actually represents whatever-it-is-you're-thinking-of that is blocking natural evolution. Duct tape is objective. I think you're talking about something that is Subjective. I think you're talking about something like an "invisible force-field that only turns on when we all leave the room" that blocks the balls from going into the pockets. Which is an extremely far stretch away from the convincing duct-tape.

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