RE: Detecting design or intent in nature
February 6, 2015 at 4:05 pm
(This post was last modified: February 6, 2015 at 4:07 pm by Simon Moon.)
(February 6, 2015 at 3:41 pm)Heywood Wrote: Chas is wrong because something true about all polygons would be true of all triangles. I can't make his error any more clear than that.
True.
But everything true about all polygons is not true of all triangles. Everything true about rectangles is not true of triangles.
Quote:If something is true about all the elements of the set I am talking about, it is true of biological evolution provided biological evolution is an element of the set I am talking about.
But your set does not include the extra elements that are true of evolution that differentiate it from the other things that fit your set.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.