[MD] Dawkins a Materialist (is watching?)

pholden at davtv.com pholden at davtv.com
Fri Jan 19 07:06:46 PST 2007


Quoting ian glendinning <psybertron at gmail.com>:

(Platt)
> > As for magic, every time a chick steps out whole from an egg like the one
> > I had for breakfast this morning, I see teleology.

(Ian)
> [IG] We all "see" that teleology Platt, the difficult bit is
> explaining why. It always looks like magic if we see it as a single
> causal step rather than looking at it through the many layers
> involved.

Explaining "why" there are those many layers involved is equally difficult don't
you think? To borrow a truism, "if it looks like a design and acts like a design
it must be a design."

Yes, we all could be wrong. But some here seem reluctant to admit it. :-)  

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