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The problem with 'intelligent design' is that it's such an infantile way of trying to understand the world. Stating "God did it", rather than using one's brain
by quasque 12y ago
The problem with 'intelligent design' is that it's such an infantile way of trying to understand the world. Stating "God did it", rather than using one's brain to figure out the mechanisms of how the world works, is just lazy, regressive thinking that doesn't advance our knowledge and understanding in any way whatsoever.
- PPLwynSPFJ5p 12y agoIf I got up one morning and found that someone had scrawled all over my living room walls I would be right to conclude that someone "did it." It would be truly "infantile" to ignore this as a possibility, and assume, instead, that somehow the living room "did it" all by itself while I wasn't watching. That attitude would be truly "lazy" and would not advance my "knowledge and understanding" of who the real culprit might be. It would furthermore be grossly unscientific. If I were to habitually think in such a way (rather than "using [my] brain to figure out the mechanism") it might actually harm my future job prospects.