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Huntard
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Message 87 of 139 (556339)
04-19-2010 9:31 AM
Reply to: Message 85 by Calibrated Thinker
04-19-2010 9:11 AM


Re: Heh
Calibrated Thinker writes:
Using that logic an archeologist that digs up previously unknown and unseen types of artifacts cannot be certain that the artifacts are indeed intelligently made, even though it would be obvious even to a small child that the artifact was made by someone at some time in the past.
Actually, we know something like that would be designed because we can either reverse engineer how it was designed, or have examples of similar things that we know ere designed. None of this is true for living organisms. Or perhaps you could reverse engineer for us how they were designed?
If you don't like the Museum or Archeological analogies then consider for a moment what the SETI project is about.
SETI also does not applly here, becuase if we ever picked up a radio signal from aliens, we would probably be able to reverse engineer the kind of transmitter used based on the signal itself.
So, your analogies are false.

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Huntard
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Message 90 of 139 (556347)
04-19-2010 10:10 AM
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04-19-2010 10:03 AM


Re: Refuting William Paley for the umpteenth time
Calibrated Thinker writes:
Answer:- Both are indicative of design. Intelligence and information is required to create both!
You failed to answer the second, and most important, part of the question; "How do you know?".

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Huntard
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Message 92 of 139 (556349)
04-19-2010 10:22 AM
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04-19-2010 10:17 AM


Re: Heh
Hello CT,
Calibrated Thinker writes:
I disagree, so we will have to agree that we disagree.
You are making assumptions that are not valid.
Would you mind explaining what is not valid about the assumption that if we can reverse engineer something we can say that that is probaly how it was designed? Asserting they are invalid does not make them so.
Same scenario again, we will have to agree to disagree.
The analogies are valid.
No they're not, for the reason I pointed out. Seeing as you can't come up with arguments against my reasons, except with "I don't agree!", I don't see any reason to take your analogies as valid.

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Huntard
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Message 109 of 139 (557023)
04-22-2010 7:57 AM


Voyage of the Beagle

  
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