RE: The Watchmaker: my fav argument
March 12, 2021 at 2:09 pm
(This post was last modified: March 12, 2021 at 2:15 pm by Rahn127.)
Beavers can build a beaver dam.
Humans can build cars.
Unicorns can ...
But there are prerequisites for all of these.
First, as you might guess, the creature in question must exist.
It must have sufficient knowledge to build the item.
The resources must also be present.
A beaver cannot build a dam at the south pole.
200 years ago and long before that, humans didn't have the knowledge, tools or materials to make a car.
Unicorns can't build anything because they haven't been shown to exist.
Intelligent creatures can design a great many things but the prerequisite materials must come first.
Nature provides the environment for life to evolve into intelligent creatures.
Intelligent creatures can build items if the prerequisite materials are available.
A few words about darkness.
Darkness, in my humble opinion, is not the absence of light, anymore than air is the absence of bullets flying through it.
It is always dark even in the presence of light.
Darkness is the label we give to something that we cannot sense.
Imagine you are standing in a vast grassy field. You are blind and deaf.
Someone comes up to you and shakes your hand. You feel the roughness of their hand. Another person comes up to shake your hand. Their hand is soft. You can only sense people through touch.
When no one is touching you, it feels like darkness.
Darkness is simply the absence of touch. The people, like the darkness still exist.
You just haven't touched them.
Humans can build cars.
Unicorns can ...
But there are prerequisites for all of these.
First, as you might guess, the creature in question must exist.
It must have sufficient knowledge to build the item.
The resources must also be present.
A beaver cannot build a dam at the south pole.
200 years ago and long before that, humans didn't have the knowledge, tools or materials to make a car.
Unicorns can't build anything because they haven't been shown to exist.
Intelligent creatures can design a great many things but the prerequisite materials must come first.
Nature provides the environment for life to evolve into intelligent creatures.
Intelligent creatures can build items if the prerequisite materials are available.
A few words about darkness.
Darkness, in my humble opinion, is not the absence of light, anymore than air is the absence of bullets flying through it.
It is always dark even in the presence of light.
Darkness is the label we give to something that we cannot sense.
Imagine you are standing in a vast grassy field. You are blind and deaf.
Someone comes up to you and shakes your hand. You feel the roughness of their hand. Another person comes up to shake your hand. Their hand is soft. You can only sense people through touch.
When no one is touching you, it feels like darkness.
Darkness is simply the absence of touch. The people, like the darkness still exist.
You just haven't touched them.
Insanity - Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result
