[MD] Dawkins a Materialist (is watching?)

[ian glendinning]

Platt,

Saying "duck" is shorthand for "walks like a duck, quacks like a duck" is fine.
Saying, "and that's all there is to it", is a highly "anti-intellectual" stance.

Ian

On 1/19/07, pholden at davtv.com <pholden at davtv.com> wrote:
> 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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