Warren writes:
I think the search for a razzle-dazzle magic bullet way to distinguish designed things from things not designed is a waste of time. The reality investigated is too complicated and design in life is probably too subtle.
Gee, I jump from the Geology forum to the Intelligent Design forum and find the exact same argument - there's no way to find evidence that would help distinguish between the Creationist and the scientific viewpoints. Existing evidence can be validly interpreted in either framework.
Except that just like in the Geology forum, the Creationist viewpoint invokes unknown mechanisms. In Geology it was accelerated physical processes for which there is no evidence, while here it's a designer for which there is no evidence. Oh, no wait, that's wrong, the evidence is all around us! I forgot!
--Percy
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