tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post598284848156346242..comments2024-03-28T12:34:14.649-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: J. P. Moreland on Evolution and Accurate KnowledgeVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-88753752233958858942008-12-03T08:00:00.000-07:002008-12-03T08:00:00.000-07:00It seems to me that any survival-enhancing belief ...It seems to me that any survival-enhancing belief forming mechanism that was based on inaccurate perceptions would be highly improbable compared with survival-enhancing belief mechanisms based on accurate perceptions. <BR/><BR/>Sure, a female rabbit who saw hungry wolves as attractive male rabbits, and who thought that running away and hiding was a sure way to secure a relationship with the male rabbit would not be eaten by wolves. But it would also have a rough time with reproducing. It would need a whole host of false belief/survival-enhancing behavior patterns that allowed it to behave, across the board, as if it were perceiving things accurately. <BR/><BR/>It seems to me that the longer an organism or a species survives, the more likely it is that its belief forming mechanisms are accurate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-5624593200096845232008-12-03T07:16:00.000-07:002008-12-03T07:16:00.000-07:00Poor Mr. Moreland can't escape the design paradigm...Poor Mr. Moreland can't escape the design paradigm. Evolution isn't concerned about 'black boxes'. Evolution is not an engineer, not even a metaphorical one.<BR/><BR/>Also, these intelligent design folks really should use the correct terminology. It is not naturalistic evolution. It is the scientific theory of evolution.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008311441151127232noreply@blogger.com