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The steel man version of creationism is that the laws of nature behind self-assembly are divinely designed, rather than that a god directly connects each atomic

The steel man version of creationism is that the laws of nature behind self-assembly are divinely designed, rather than that a god directly connects each atomic bond. I'd guess it's also the more common version.

miohtama 4y ago
God opened Vim and set 26 constants https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/how-many-fundamental-constants-does-it-take-to-explain-the-universe-e00abd83d4c9 https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/how-many-fundamental-c...
- AnimalMuppet 4y ago
  Sounds like God uses one-letter variable names...
  - avmich 4y ago
    This is the modern version of God, which also uses Latin alphabet, not some Linear A or cuneiform.
  - melony 4y ago
    The Lord wrote in Lisp code. https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/eternal-flame.en.html https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/eternal-flame.en.html
- tsukikage 4y ago
  ...15 gliders, apparently. https://btm.qva.mybluehost.me/building-arbitrary-life-patterns-in-15-gliders/ https://btm.qva.mybluehost.me/building-arbitrary-life-patter...
escape_goat 4y ago
Under conditions of omniscience and omnipotence the difference is meaningless of course but I suspect you're right.