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Politics : Should God be replaced?
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To: one_less who wrote (24062)6/22/2006 1:39:37 PM
From: LLCF  Read Replies (1) of 28931
 
<If Schmue can also climb a rock face using a complex rock climbing strategy and have lunch while sitting on a boulder at the top (his goal), is the boulder intelligent or is the boulder dumb as a rock? >

But the question in my anology is not about "the boulder", in fact there is no boulder in my anaology... except maybe a lockerroom after the game.

<I suspect the analogy to the process of a football game being intelligent is incomplete. I don't see how you have made any better argument for the football game and intelligence than I made for Schmue and the boulder.>

Perhaps a 'process' can't be described as intelligent, only "doers" or "players" can be intelligent? I like this football game analogy because you've got some 'issues' that those opposed to the idea of intelligence in evolution have: Fumbles are "stupid", there may not be an overall 'gameplan' with an end point other than 'win', etc.

DAK
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