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To: general_re
Thanks, general. Yes, you did identify each pic. The thorny issue is how do we determine whether or not each object is the product of intelligent agency.

Cordially,

682 posted on 04/29/2003 8:28:50 AM PDT by Diamond
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To: Diamond; PatrickHenry
Sorry, had to take a moment and review the images and the answers given.

My initial impression is this - we know that some of these things are the product of intelligent agency. Specifically, 1, 2, 5, and 9 were produced by humans, and thus must be the product of intelligent agency. But the problem is, the answers given in those cases were inconsistent - you determined 1 was designed, 2 was not, 5 was, and 9 wasn't. Or, more accurately, in the cases of 2 and 9, you were unable to conclude that they were designed artifacts, when we know for a fact that they are.

This does not really inspire confidence in the design inference, as I sure you can imagine. After all, if it has what appears to be a 50-50 shot with artifacts known to be the product of intelligent agency, how can we have confidence in what it tells us about artifacts that we don't know about?

684 posted on 04/29/2003 8:48:47 AM PDT by general_re (Honi soit la vache qui rit.)
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