RE: Detecting design or intent in nature
January 30, 2015 at 7:23 pm
(This post was last modified: January 30, 2015 at 7:30 pm by Chas.)
(January 30, 2015 at 7:04 pm)Heywood Wrote:(January 30, 2015 at 6:27 pm)Chas Wrote: The key word being 'almost'.
It is identical for all practical purposes. I said "almost" because the biological system observed to come into existence requiring intellect contains watermarks in its DNA. Set X includes at least one example where replication is achieved via reproduction so all your intellectual somersaults fail.
No, it is not "identical for all practical purposes".
Set E contains only replicating replicators. Set X and set E are disjoint sets. Nothing proved about set X can just be applied to set E.
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Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.