Genetic Programming as evidence against ID

Design without a designer? Hardly. I've yet to see anything in life that I could seriously say came into existance without some level of intelligence behind it. "Everything" has a blueprint and blueprints to be designed require intelligence, they do not just appear. Not only must they be designed but they must be designed precisely or the end result will fail miserably. Building a car requires vast amounts of intelligence, a designer, a design, and the assembling of approximaletly 10,000 ( designed as well ) components. Even if we laid all the components on the shop floor ready to go, the completion of the car would never happen without the input of the designer and their design on how to assemble the car. If something as simple as building a birdhouse requires intelligence, and a designer/design, how much more then would the beauty of nature, the wonder of the universe, and the awesomeness of the species require a designer?? There's nothing new my friend, it's all part of the master blueprint and anything discovered ( and thats all inclusive ) was simply yet to be found. I have no problem whatsoever believing that all that beauty, wonder and awesomeness came from one designer. Then again I've always thought outside the "seeing is believing" box.Until Next Time :-)Paul

Everything. If we can get computers to function, create, grow and solve on their own, then I could see that only adding fuel to the fire of evolutionary theories. Especially when Darwinian principles are used in GP. The fact of the matter is that ID is behind all things, sustains all things, and creates all things new. It will be interesting to see how much a computer will be able to do with the influence of GP, however we must remember that at the foundation of whatever it is, there was an initial strong injection of ID.GP is a worthwhile endevour and I'm sure it will help us in many ways. However if we're hoping that it will somehow eventually solve the mysteries, problems and specifically the origins of life, I think we're sorely mistaken. If the human mind has great difficulty in figuring these things out, then how can we expect a computer to do this? Remember, a computer is the ongoing design and extension of the human brain. Faster? Yes.. Smarter? No.My Point? "everything that is" including Genetic Programing,is an extension and product of Intelligent Design. You simply cannot get something from nothing.Paul :-)