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To: Physicist
That's a pretty broad question.

No, it's a narrow question. While it could be phrased as "do you believe the universe was designed by an intelligence?" it cannot be phrased as "why are the fundamental symmetries of the universe what they are."

205 posted on 07/01/2002 12:14:57 PM PDT by Tribune7
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To: Tribune7
While it could be phrased as "do you believe the universe was designed by an intelligence?" it cannot be phrased as "why are the fundamental symmetries of the universe what they are."

But what if the "design" could be reduced to the choice of one fundamental symmetry, with everything in nature following as an expression of it? Does the selection of the appropriate symmetry not count as design? Or does the intelligence consciously have to trace the shape of every mud puddle, and intentionally select the location of every crater on the moon? To what extent can nature be trusted to govern her own affairs, and have the outcome still be called "designed"?

I really don't know what you mean.

218 posted on 07/01/2002 12:53:34 PM PDT by Physicist
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