The irony is, if a paleontologist finds some stone that looks like it has marks of carving or shaping, it is evidence for the presence of someone who did it.
If you find some form to electromagnetic radiation (as in SETI project) you ascribe it to higher intelligence.
When you find a bacterium in the mud, when just about all forces of nature are against it...the answer is,....
ta-da...why of course it evolved....
I would love to apply the same logic to the first
set of electromagnetic radiation we get from space(assuming we do, to date, we haven't), or some paleontologists claim that someone carved something out of stone, "why no,
it was erosion...(can't you see, mindless, purposeless, natural activity carved up those things you think are arrowheads?...?)
Excellent point!
Yes if you can tell us the difference between discovering evidence of intelligence on a carved stone, the signals with discernable patterns evidencing ET and the mind-boggling complexity of the single cell being void of any evidence of design, purpose or intelligence, then you have unlocked the mysterious hidden agenda when addressing this subject of ID.
(Pardopn my lack of presence at the computer to carry on these discussion in a timely fashion.)