RE: Detecting design or intent in nature
February 6, 2015 at 4:13 pm
(This post was last modified: February 6, 2015 at 4:29 pm by Chas.)
(February 6, 2015 at 4:05 pm)Simon Moon Wrote:(February 6, 2015 at 3:41 pm)Heywood Wrote: Chas is wrong because something true about all polygons would be true of all triangles. I can't make his error any more clear than that.
True.
False.
Quote:But everything true about all polygons is not true of all triangles. Everything true about rectangles is not true of triangles.
You have that inverted. Everything true about all polygons is true for all triangles and all rectangles and all the rest.
However, what is true for all triangles is not necessarily true for all polygons nor all rectangles.
Quote:Quote:If something is true about all the elements of the set I am talking about, it is true of biological evolution provided biological evolution is an element of the set I am talking about.
[quote]If something is true about all the elements of the set I am talking about, it is true of biological evolution provided biological evolution is an element of the set I am talking about.
But your set does not include the extra elements that are true of evolution that differentiate it from the other things that fit your set.
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