>No way is a “Multiverse” anything other than blue-sky philosophy. It matches the same number of Scientific Theory criteria as intelligent design.
Really? It seems to me that the premise of Intelligent Design is fairly sound: that given a system which is structured and orderly in some way is likely to have a designer at the core.
IE Standard implication; the reverse isn’t true given a “random” system we may not tell whether there was or wasn’t a designer. Look at it this way:
— Ada with a very uniform structure and syntax implies that it was designed.
— C / C++ with its horrid inconsistencies cannot be assumed to have been designed or [exclusive] grown.
— C / C++ with its horrid inconsistencies cannot be assumed to have been designed or [exclusive] grown.
Begging the question.
What are the design specs?
Were they agreed upon, and held to, during the course of the project?
Did the builders strictly adhere to the design specs?
Did they allow enough time for QA?
Did someone screw up the project as part of a union protest, or through incompetence?
If you're going to mention design, allow for all the regular snafus.
Cheers!