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Originally posted by sonnikke:
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Originally posted by John:
What you can do is trace the plane's, for example, origin back to the factory and the blueprints and the people who made the blueprints. We don't conclude that planes were designed because they "show evidence of design." We conclude they were designed because we know damn well what we build, how we build it, and what stuff we build looks like. It is pattern recognition.
There's no need to curse. Yes, you are correct, that's entirely possible, however, without going to all that trouble, it is still evident that a plane is designed simply by observing its features, mechanisms, layout, details, etc... deciphering a non designed object from a designed object is easy to do (ie. an eroded rock vs. a designed stone spearhead).
Likewise, we can infer design in life.
So, how do we tell the difference between an Intelligently Designed system and a natural one which we
1) don't understand, but may in the future, and/or
2) don't have the ability to understand due to our limited intelligence?
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