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RAZD
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Message 11 of 50 (827522)
01-27-2018 8:18 AM
Reply to: Message 9 by A Certain Cyborg
01-26-2018 6:01 PM


from lurker to poster
Welcome to the fray A Certain Cyborg,
Indeed I shall. I've been lurking for a little bit now, I like what I see. It's a definite improvement from the conversation I see elsewhere.
Things are a little slow these days, not much competition. What I like about this site is the opportunity to learn new things.
Where else have you been posting?
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RAZD
Member (Idle past 1427 days)
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Message 25 of 50 (827720)
01-30-2018 5:26 PM
Reply to: Message 23 by Taq
01-30-2018 10:59 AM


of watches and kaleidoscopes
If an archaeologists is digging in the ground and finds a potshard and an earthworm, which one does he take back to the museum as evidence of an intelligence? The potshard. If Dembski wants to claim that archaeologists are using the Design Inference, then he needs to explain why this is.
One of the arguments I have used re neo-Paleyism is comparing watches (of course) to a kaleidoscope ...
see Is ID properly pursued? (posted 2004)
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