afdave
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| Quote | What if "The dog is barking" and "The dog is barfing" were two sentences from two different novels that were 95+% similar?
You seem to be forgetting the Vitamin C stuff happens in that kind of context. |
No I'm not forgetting. But OK. Let's write a "novel" describing how to make a pine tree and another "novel" that describes how to make an oak tree. OK?
HOW TO MAKE A PINE TREE
Start with a 50 foot long piece of soft wood. Add some rough bark. Poke it upright in the ground. Add some kinda straight branches that angle down. Add leaves that are thin and poky. Etc. Etc.
Voila! Pine Tree!
HOW TO MAKE AN OAK TREE
Start with a 50 foot long piece of hard wood. Add some semi-rough bark. Poke it upright in the ground. Add some kinda crooked branches that angle up. Add leaves that are broad and smooth. Etc. Etc.
Voila! Oak Tree!
Now ... notice they are 95% (or so) similar? Do they share a common ancestor? No. I assembled them in my backyard with raw materials following these highly detailed instructions. (I didn't really, but I could have)
The burden of proof for Common Descent seems to me to be much more difficult that the burden of proof on Common Design.
Thoughts?
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A DILEMMA FOR THE COMMITTED NATURALIST
A Hi-tech alien spaceship lands on earth ... DESIGNED.
A Hi-tech alien rotary motor found in a cell ... NOT DESIGNED.
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