RE: The Watchmaker: my fav argument
March 15, 2021 at 11:40 am
(This post was last modified: March 15, 2021 at 11:41 am by Rahn127.)
Typically I understand design to mean "a biological intelligent creature taking existent raw materials and shaping them in a certain way that natural means cannot produce."
In this way, we can differentiate a naturally occurring item and one that was designed by a biological intelligent creature.
But now let's say that this biological intelligent creature has advanced enough to create a Star Trek replicator that can scan a naturally made orange and replicate that orange exactly to the point where you cannot tell the difference between the two.
I think at this point we might actually say that both oranges are natural.
A tree is a product of nature and it makes an orange.
A biological intelligent creature is a product of nature and it makes an orange.
Something to think about
In this way, we can differentiate a naturally occurring item and one that was designed by a biological intelligent creature.
But now let's say that this biological intelligent creature has advanced enough to create a Star Trek replicator that can scan a naturally made orange and replicate that orange exactly to the point where you cannot tell the difference between the two.
I think at this point we might actually say that both oranges are natural.
A tree is a product of nature and it makes an orange.
A biological intelligent creature is a product of nature and it makes an orange.
Something to think about
Insanity - Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result