[general_re]

Weak, very weak. Look - here's a man-made model of a tornado. That must mean actual tornadoes are intelligently designed, right?

Gimme a break. Try not to assume that every quality that the model possesses is also possessed by the actual thing being examined.

[animoveritas]

My Dear General,

Ever heard the term "Hasty Generalization?"

You are the one who proposed a paper where someone had to interfere in order to enable replication. Our argument all along assumed no designer...that it all had to be random to some point where the magic of genetic efficiencies could take over. And our result is that it's impossible.

Try not to assume that every quality that the model possesses is also possessed by the actual thing being examined.

What? A model is supposed to represent the reality of the subject, otherwise its just an exercise in mental gymnastics.