Re:'artificial photosynthesis' claimed 10x more efficient
by tinco on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @02:46AM
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If you don't know why we prefer the analogy of the blind watchmaker over the idle chats of some ancient Greeks then maybe it would be good to give the good book another read.
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Re:'artificial photosynthesis' claimed 10x more efficient
by fpoling on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @05:13AM
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It will be better if the modern debunking of the design arguments refered to Socrates as the originator of the arguments, not rewording of the same arguments by a random guy from 200 years ago. And even as a debunking original Hume's one from 250 years ago about stupid mechanic that I sighted in another thread was more to the point than the modern talk about a blind watchmaker.
Re:'artificial photosynthesis' claimed 10x more efficient
by tinco on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @05:48AM
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No, because Socrates was just a philosopher with no tools to justify his theories. And even is Humes' story is more elegant, it is also just a thought experiment. The blind watchmaker is a reference to an argument that is based in the knowledge of things that have been discovered, based purely in reality. The philosophers might come up with an argument that is sound, but they could not tell you if that argument is actually true.
Re:'artificial photosynthesis' claimed 10x more efficient
by fpoling on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @02:23PM
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Hume’s point was there was no intelligent design in things made by a skillful craftsman even with a good eyesight. It was not a thought experiment but simple observation of how things were made. It was all tinkering for a long time until something that worked appeared. That it is, it was not a design but evolution.