[ale] Gone OT: Cobb Laptop Deal

[Michael Hirsch]

Of possible relavance is this interesting news article:
http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4133&n=2

I'll just quote the headline: Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity
With New "Intelligent Falling" Theory.

Michael

On 8/17/05, aaron <aaron at pd.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 August 2005 19:24, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> > Who the heck started this thread?  :-)
> >
> > I'm surprised this hasn't morphed into Intelligent Design vs Evolution
> > yet?  :-)
> 
> Perhaps that's because there is not any real conflict between fanciful
> defenses of mystic mythology and the factual science which they inevitably
> affirm. :-)
> 
> By definition, the "intelligent design" philosophy argues that the
> complexities of  the universe and our human ingenuity are the self
> referential proof of an intelligent force underlying our existence.  As this
> assertion relies entirely on scientific inquiry to provide evidence for the
> complexity of the universe, it is nothing more than another argument for
> evolution. In the end, the I.D. philosophy cannot deny the ultimate
> intelligence of a life system design which has autonomously produced
> reasoning beings capable of  inventing and employing the scientific processes
> which, in kind, reveal the genius of design in the life mechanisms that
> underly their own existence and intelligence.
> 
> Stating it another way, if there were a Great Omnipotent Deity behind the
> existence of the universe, then the best argument for this ultimate
> intelligence would be a universe comprised entirely of the cyclic, self
> sustaining and evolutionary mechanisms that human science uncovers and
> explores. The perfect intelligent universe will allow that its all powerful
> creator need never lift a finger beyond the Big Bang; just light the fuse,
> pop a cold one, sit back and enjoy the fireworks!   There's nothing more
> elegantly intelligent than the idea of spark once, run forever!   If there is
> an omnipotent intelligence responsible for amazing clockworks of the
> universe, then human ingenuity is the end product by which the intelligence
> of their autonomous, perpetual and evolutionary designs can be acknowledged,
> and our intelligent processes of factual scientific discovery are the
> ultimate homage to their genius.
> 
> :-)
> 
> peace
> (because the only sane nation is a nation at peace)
> aaron
> 
> 
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