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Has Science done away with a need for God?

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Has Science done away with a need for God?
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RE: Has Science done away with a need for God?
July 29, 2015 at 9:07 pm
(July 29, 2015 at 6:46 pm)IATIA Wrote:
(July 29, 2015 at 6:35 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Language relies upon a conscious interchange between two agents. We call program algorithms "language" because we humans understand them, not because they are understood by the subject. The same is true with DNA; the codons do not convey abstract symbology, they only regulate molecular interactions via physical processes.

Then is language the sole domain of humans?

I don't think so. It seems to me that other species have their own languages, which are understood to convey meanings known to them. Dolphins, for instance, seem to have a language.

The key to focus on is not whether a human being can understand the message, but rather whether a conscious agent can.

Language is inherently abstract. Abstraction requires higher-order powers of thinking. Molecules lack that capacity, and are unable to abstract the message. Without a listener, what are words?

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Has Science done away with a need for God?

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Has Science done away with a need for God? - by Kingpin - July 27, 2015 at 11:29 am
RE: Has Science done away with a need for God? - by Lek - July 29, 2015 at 12:22 pm
RE: Has Science done away with a need for God? - by Thumpalumpacus - July 29, 2015 at 9:07 pm
Has Science done away with a need for God? - by Kingpin - July 31, 2015 at 10:20 pm
Has Science done away with a need for God? - by Kingpin - July 31, 2015 at 11:36 pm
RE: Has Science done away with a need for God? - by IATIA - August 1, 2015 at 9:46 am

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