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INTELLIGENT DESIGN EVIDENCE
Methods of Design Detection
Methods of Design Detection
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| At one level design detection is a matter of common sense, an intuitive determination we all make based on our everyday experiences with intelligently designed things. The intuitive, common sense approach is the primary method used by scientists such as archeologists. No one expects an archeologist to provide a rigorous "proof" that a pot or sculpture found in the ground is the result of an intelligent being. The archeologist may not know who made the pot or why (and usually has no way to find out), but the fact of intelligent design is rarely in question. There is no principled reason to ignore the common sense approach when it comes to living biological systems. We may not know who made living systems or why, but the fact of intelligent design can be easily and intuitively grasped. |
Beyond common sense, there are more rigorous
methods for detecting design:
methods for detecting design:
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