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Airplanes are intelligently designed, right? Well, not really...

Posted on: June 2, 2007 - 5:53am

justmoon

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Airplanes are intelligently designed, right? Well, not really...

3:50 mins into the talk:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/4

The evolution of planes...

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My take on it:

If you want to see "Intelligent Design" look at the early cave paintings. If you want to see what "Human Selection" produces over centuries, look at whatever your favorite painting is. Without the constant evolution of ideas, no-one would just happen to design a Coca-Cola can. You may think the can is your idea, but actually you contributed one or two major ideas to it and even those might just be things you saw or heard in another context or maybe in nature.

Cheers,

Stefan

Posted on: June 2, 2007 - 9:22am #1

Slimm

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You made some really good

You made some really good points.

Might I add that when ever I see this crazy analogy for what theists are trying to claim to go against evolution. A flag always signals in my mind that these objects aren't even Living Organisms, or made up of them for that matter...

Slimm,

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"When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called Insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion, it is called Religion." - Robert M. Pirsig,