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> You keep saying “design” like this dinosaur would have been architected a certain way by some form of intelligence, rather than evolved over millions of years
by verisimi 3y ago
> You keep saying “design” like this dinosaur would have been architected a certain way by some form of intelligence, rather than evolved over millions of years through dumb luck.
Yes, I do. Because we are several million years away from being able to personally verify the ideas we are presented with, when it comes to dinosaurs. We are dealing with a hypothesis based on the deductions from a small handful of bones, not reality.
Eg, when I was younger dinosaurs were never feathered. Pretty much all are now. It's that the ideas evolve, not the dinosaurs.
- hnlmorg 3y agoNobody is going to claim that these theories are bulletproof but that’s an entirely different discussion to the point I was making about using the term “designed”
- verisimi 3y agoThe thing you can also say about design, is even if there is no designer, a thing is the way it is for rational reasons. A tree wouldn't function as it does if it weren't for its form. I guess, you could I use the synonym "form" instead of "design". It's fine use either term: https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/design https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/design
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