RE: The Watchmaker: my fav argument
March 17, 2021 at 9:23 am
(This post was last modified: March 17, 2021 at 9:28 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 16, 2021 at 6:24 pm)Belacqua Wrote: I was using it to talk about judgments of the design of the universe which use human criteria to judge success or failure. The idea that a lot of space is wasted because humans can't use it is human-centric.
Not useful isn't spaces problem, actively lethal is. It's a super useful fence to keep the livestock in the meat grinder.
In so many other words, god botherers have flirted with this exact notion. Every garden has a gate, every kingdom has borders. Recall magic books story of the tower.
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