tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post112603184359976819..comments2024-03-28T12:34:14.649-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: Is methodological naturalism relevant to intelligent design?Victor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-1126127823485829012005-09-07T14:17:00.000-07:002005-09-07T14:17:00.000-07:00But wouldn't at least some of them argue that ther...But wouldn't at least some of them argue that there are aliens who want to inculcate biblical values? I think you are moving to supernaturalism a little quicker than I would.Victor Repperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-1126071351919535872005-09-06T22:35:00.000-07:002005-09-06T22:35:00.000-07:00I'm sure that if the SETI people find a radio broa...I'm sure that if the SETI people find a radio broadcast of the New Testament from a source more than 2,000 lightyears away, they will not write it off as a freak of nature.<BR/><BR/><BR/>See how easy it is for God to communicate with us. A lot easier than gluing tails on to bacteria to make them more virulent....Steven Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11983601793874190779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-1126038223028724602005-09-06T13:23:00.000-07:002005-09-06T13:23:00.000-07:00Actually, the reason archaeologists and anthropolo...Actually, the reason archaeologists and anthropologists have been studying artifacts without need to rely on anything like ID theory, is because it's already manifestly obvious that the artifacts are artificial (i.e. intelligently designed). It's pointless to ask whether a pyramid of blocks or a text or a temple or a spoon or a pot (lots and lots and lots of pottery in archaeology {g}) was designed (and built) by sentient entities, or whether they happened to automatically process into existence by some non-sentient mechanism. (Well, unless one is an eliminative materialist, maybe... {g} In which case the question will still have been settled before going to the evidence.)<BR/><BR/>I was thinking more along the lines of the ID crew using SETI paradigms. Or maybe using paradigms like forensic pathologists: if a man's car runs off the road, how do we tell if it was an accidental process, or intention (i.e. suicide, murder, etc.)?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Problem is, there may be no relevant analogy--those methods are designed to detect the intentions (communication, murder) of creatures like us, with basically our natural restrictions.<BR/><BR/>Still, it might be interesting to try the experiment and see what turns up (or doesn't). {shrug}Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.com