RE: The Watchmaker: my fav argument
March 11, 2021 at 8:04 pm
(This post was last modified: March 11, 2021 at 8:09 pm by Ravenshire.)
(March 11, 2021 at 1:50 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote:(March 11, 2021 at 1:34 pm)Sandman Slim Wrote: You going to support your claim or just keep making squawking sounds? Your claim, your burden.
Science is not a courtroom. We formulate hypotheses via Modus Tollens. We seek to deny the consequent, because affirming it is a logical fallacy.
Not going to support that claim, then? Mmm-kay. What is proposed without support can be just as easily dismissed. Thanks for playing.
(March 11, 2021 at 4:22 pm)Belacqua Wrote:(March 11, 2021 at 1:34 pm)Sandman Slim Wrote: He made a clear claim. Proving it is on him. It's not on anyone else to disprove it, but thanks for playing.
John's argument has been that if we could falsify designability, then the whole idea of intelligent design would become untenable. This is NOT an attempt to avoid a burden, it is a description of how the issue could be resolved.
He made a claim that all things are "designable." This is a positive claim (not a theory or even a proper hypotehesis) and needs to be supported to be taken seriously. If he's unwilling to support the claim, we're free to dismiss it with a similar effort. Thanks again for playing.
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