Quote:The beads of an abacus have no meaning in and of themselves. An intelligent agent must assign the meaning of '1' to some beads and the value of '5' to others. Not to mention the order of magnitude represented by each column. The abacus itself has no meaning.
The universe has no meaning in and of itself. An intelligent agent must assign meaning to its constituent parts and how they work together to make up the whole thing, and assign a reason for its existence and operation. Not to mention, the order of magnitude difference between the scale of the parts we know of. The universe itself has no meaning.
You prove our point.