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To: VadeRetro
... intelligent design does not mean optimal design ...

At this point, your ID "theory" cannot be distinguished from evolution, which is also very sloppy.

686 posted on 03/19/2002 9:17:09 AM PST by PatrickHenry
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To: PatrickHenry
Then I think I'll abandon ID for evolution. Gasp! The clouds have left my mind! The scales have fallen from my eyes! (Those scaly eyes were a big nuisance, anyway. Bad as a $%^&*! cataract!)
687 posted on 03/19/2002 9:20:41 AM PST by VadeRetro
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To: PatrickHenry
At this point, your ID "theory" cannot be distinguished from evolution, which is also very sloppy.

Indeed, at this stage ID doesn't have much more predictive power than evolutionary theory, but it does better explain irreducible systems like the eye and the flagella, the existence of intelligence itself, the existence of specified complexity and the lack of transitional forms in the fossil record. I prefer to go with the theory that better explains the empirical evidence.

691 posted on 03/19/2002 10:01:19 AM PST by Aquinasfan
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