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Limbo states:
Dont bother with a line of reseach into the appearance of design, simply slap in the word "natural", emphasise it, and PRESTO! Mystery solved. An interpretation consistant with Darwin. No fuss, no muss, no rocking the boat, no being labeled a 'pseudo-scientist', their career is safe, and the status quo goes on...and on...and on.
The Human brain screams design.
Now, it may be that a "natural" explanation is at heart. That is beside the point. The point is objectivity isnt there.
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Your words are forcible (notwithstanding a few typos). Unfortunately, we proto-mega-evolutionists do currently act as if the world were naturally flat. We hand-wave away the gaps by calling them missing information. We refuse to look beyond anything materialistic in quantum phenomenon, albeit, we think we know what quarks are.
IDists seem to perceive that a rounder and bigger picture truly exists concerning the earth and its metaphysical inhabitants, despite the necessary metaphysics implied in ID.
IDists are not so passionately involved in being dispassionate about science (despite some of us evos here with 5000 or so heated posts).
Refute me if you’d like, I’ll try to remain dispassionate.