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To: inquest
I'm saying that it doesn't matter whether or not they did, from a scientific perspective

There's a substantial difference. Non-supernatural explanations, regardless of the intelligence of the actor being explained, are potentially the job of science. Supernatural explanations are not.

1,251 posted on 09/27/2005 6:44:06 PM PDT by donh
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To: donh
Non-supernatural explanations, regardless of the intelligence of the actor being explained, are potentially the job of science. Supernatural explanations are not.

Since you've failed to provide a workable definition of "supernatural" other than, outside the realm of science, you're merely making a circular argument.

The fact is, anything that exists, in reality, and has an observable effect on the real world, can properly be the subject of a scientific theoretical model. Whatever label you put on it doesn't change that fact.

1,252 posted on 09/27/2005 8:01:01 PM PDT by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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