RE: Intelligent design science?
March 8, 2012 at 7:00 pm
(This post was last modified: March 8, 2012 at 7:06 pm by Welsh cake.)
(March 8, 2012 at 4:14 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: I'm not referring to biology. I'm referring to if you infer a pencil must be designed or a car must be designed. I think it's in the realms of logic but not science.Intelligent design science?
The word you're looking for already exists, its called engineering.
One is called tool-making (for a pencil), the other is automotive engineering (for the car). Broadly, you apply some science, economics, mathematics and ergonomics to design and produce these and more.
Quote:A person another forum is arguing if you make calculations of why a pencil cannot be made from natural means, inferring it to be designed would be science.Depends on what they mean by "natural means" because through the course of history the tool [pencil] has been made from natural occurring materials.
Quote:I personally think that would be outright silly and not science, because there is no chance of it even assembling by natural means, for any calculations to be made in reality.?
Quote:Would it be called science?No. Engineering is not science, it applies science and practical knowledge.
They are two different disciplines, that while have a close relationship, should not be conflated.
"Scientists study the world as it is; engineers create the world that has never been." - Theodore von Kármán
