RE: Is atheism a scientific perspective?
December 23, 2016 at 8:25 pm
(This post was last modified: December 23, 2016 at 8:25 pm by Jesster.)
(December 23, 2016 at 8:18 pm)AAA Wrote:(December 23, 2016 at 8:00 pm)Jesster Wrote: So your evidence for your claim is that you don't like alternative claims? Have you heard of the argument from incredulity fallacy? Are you going to give evidence for your claim, or are you just going to try to beat up on other ideas? If you are just going to duck and dodge, I am not going to waste any more time on you.
The claim was that "intelligence is the only known cause capable of producing specified/sequential information". If I describe the other alternatives and why they are wrong, then this is support for the claim that intelligence stands alone. Rather than shout argument from incredulity, think about the nature of the claim I'm making. For example, imagine someone claims "idea A is the only good idea". In order to support this claim, they must show why ideas B, C, and D are not good ideas. Does that make sense? In order to show that intelligence is the only cause capable, I must show why the other causes are not sufficient.
Moreover, intelligence is observed to be capable of producing it all the time. Through the input of intelligence, we have developed computer code, written language, radio communication, and have even tampered with genetic code. All of these are specified and sequence based. Intelligence is an adequate cause.
It's the only known cause TO YOU. All you are trying to give me is negative evidence for other claims and jumping to the first alternative that you prefer in its stead without actually backing it up in its own light. It's just another form of the god of the gaps kind of argument. It doesn't work.
Fuck it. I don't think you're going to get this one. Enjoy your fantasy.