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What IS evidence of design? (CLOSING STATEMENTS ONLY)

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crashfrog
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03-11-2011 5:29 PM 		Reply to: Message 307 by slevesque
03-11-2011 5:00 PM

Re: Many ways to create an IC system.
Does the arch have a function while it is being built in your analogy ?
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The arch is a useless pile of rocks until the keystone comes in. It can't even support itself.
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But, the scaffold can both support the incomplete arch and allow for travel across the canyon, at the same time. The purpose of the scaffold is to do both. That's how an incomplete arch can "evolve" step-by-step; on top of something that provides the same function, only not as well. (Scaffolds aren't as strong as stone arch bridges.)
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03-11-2011 8:54 PM 		Reply to: Message 312 by slevesque
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Re: Many ways to create an IC system.
Randomness does not know the arch it is building will be advantageous once it is finished.
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It doesn't have to.
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It doesn't know that the arch it is building, although useless and a waste of material right now, will be better then the scaffolds it has right now.
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It doesn't have to.
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This situation still requires foresight, or random luck
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No, it doesn't. It just requires piles of rocks.
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