KevinB
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| Quote (Acartia_Bogart @ Aug. 18 2015,08:29) | | Quote (KevinB @ Aug. 18 2015,07:39) | | Quote (Bob O'H @ Aug. 18 2015,02:42) | | Quote (CeilingCat @ Aug. 18 2015,00:55) | | Quote (Bob O'H @ Aug. 17 2015,08:03) | | Quote (CeilingCat @ Aug. 17 2015,05:54) | How to tell when your degree is a PhDumb:* | Quote | Why I think a transcendent Creator would make computer simulations of consciousness impossible
An interesting question for Intelligent Design proponents to ponder at this point is: supposing that the universe was designed by a Being Who wished to make His existence scientifically knowable to any intelligent life-forms living within the cosmos, and suppose that this Being was not only intelligent but also transcendent, how would He design the universe in such a way as to prevent human beings (and any other intelligent life-forms that might exist in outer space) from drawing the wrong inference about the nature of the Designer, and conceiving of Him as merely super-human (like the Greek and Roman gods of antiquity), rather than transcendent? |
Apparently an intelligent designer couldn't just appear (possibly on a pillar of fire), introduce himself, do a few miracles, make a few non-obvious but accurate predictions about the future - you know, do some God type stuff, but do it often enough so most people have seen Him in action and also do it in front of the newsreel cameras occasionally. That would keep me from drawing any wrong conclusions. It would certainly be more convincing than appearing before an occasional lone goatherd and leaving him with no evidence beyond the word of a lying goatherd.
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Ah, yes, but the Babel Fish argument shows that doing this would destroy God. |
So in other words, if God was suicidal, he would make it impossible to simulate intelligence on a computer, thus giving humanity proof of His existence.
PhDb |
There you go. Perhaps UD is His suicide note. |
Cause of Death: Poisoning by KF, leading to terminal boredom. |
No, I think the cause of death was distractive red herrings dragged away from the track of truth that led out to a caricatured strawmen soaked in (implicit or explicit) character-assassinating ad hominems and ignited to cloud, confuse, polarise and posion the atmosphere for discussion.
Leading to terminal boredom. |
That is merely a less succinct restatement.
I did not feel that it was my task to match your pathetic level of detail.
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