RE: Detecting design or intent in nature
January 26, 2015 at 4:49 pm
(This post was last modified: January 26, 2015 at 4:54 pm by downbeatplumb.)
(January 26, 2015 at 4:47 pm)Heywood Wrote: [quote='downbeatplumb' pid='856654' dateline='1422304407']
Some do some don't.
Quote:Evolutionary systems are examples of emergent complexity. If some emergent complex systems require intellect and others do not, is it not fair to ask the following question:
Are evolutionary systems the kind of emergent complex systems which require intellect?
No.
Quote:How would go about answering that question? Well you would define what evolution is, then go out and look for examples of things which satisfy your definition, and then note if they require intellects. In the case of evolutionary systems it seems intellects are either required to set them up directly as in the case of the spider sim, or act as a component as in the case of the automobile. One never, ever observes evolutionary systems coming into existence without intellects. Now given this state of affairs it is not unreasonable to conclude that all evolutionary systems require intellects.
We know how evolution works in detail and this informs the answer. That intellect is not required.
Simple starting conditions can lead to complex results.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2vgICfQawE
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