Re:DNA seen through the eyes of a coder
by delian66 on Monday December 16, 2013 @11:29AM
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>>You can't conceive nature as an engineer and talk about how sloppy and random its designs are.
Why not? We can talk about how sloppy something is from a given perspective; we do it all the time, and then try to improve things (there will be no progress otherwise), and if we succeed/fail, learn more ...
>>as if you can read its mind
Nature/evolution is not a sentient being, thus has no mind. Do you have evidence to the contrary ?
Re:DNA seen through the eyes of a coder
by mtdewcmu on Monday December 16, 2013 @01:34PM
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When you look at something designed by a person, you can intuit what they were doing and judge it as good or sloppy. Nature requires a completely different type of thinking. It's ultimately unhelpful to anthropomorphize nature.
Why not? We can talk about how sloppy something is from a given perspective; we do it all the time, and then try to improve things (there will be no progress otherwise), and if we succeed/fail, learn more ...
>>as if you can read its mind
Nature/evolution is not a sentient being, thus has no mind. Do you have evidence to the contrary ?