RE: Atheism
July 25, 2018 at 4:29 am
(This post was last modified: July 25, 2018 at 4:32 am by I_am_not_mafia.)
(July 25, 2018 at 3:29 am)Huggy74 Wrote: I didn't realize smowflakes were considered systems.
I am glad to have educated you then.
Crystals are known to be self-organising systems.
(July 25, 2018 at 3:29 am)Huggy74 Wrote: Systems are made up of parts that form a complex whole, and generally have an overall purpose.
Having an overall purpose is not a requirement for something to be a system.
(July 25, 2018 at 3:29 am)Huggy74 Wrote: Therefore if you claim that "Virtually everything that exists in the world is either a system or part of a system." then you imply that virtually everything has an overall purpose.
Ergo designer.
Everything that you can point to that has been intelligently designed has come about because of a self-organising system (i.e. the brain, it's neurons, their synapses and their dendrites, all of which self-organise) and is part of a larger self-organising system (e.g. a society, economy, population etc). Self-organisation has no purpose. It is merely the process whereby a collection of components settle into a stable state to minimise free-energy.
All known forms of intelligent design are an epiphenomenon of an undirected, self-organising process.
This all happens because of the ubiquitous laws of Thermodynamics. If there is any 'purpose' then it is to maximise entropy.
How does it feel to find out that your entire purpose in life is to be a Maximum Entropy Production Unit?
