Re: Intelligeng Design

From: Susan Brassfield (susan-brassfield@ou.edu)
Date: Fri May 05 2000 - 22:46:53 EDT

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    At 10:57 AM 05/05/2000 -0700, you wrote:
    >Susan Brassfield wrote:
    >
    > >The belief that the ball of dirt is alive and sentient is a religious belief
    > >--I don't disapprove of it as a religious idea, in fact I applaud it.
    > But it's
    >
    > >not a *scientific* idea and can't be. It can't be verified. It can only be
    > >believed.

    >Cliff Lundberg :

    >Who or what is sentient? How do you verify sentience in anything?
    >What's the laboratory procedure?

    The Gaia Hypothesis is that the earth and everything on it as a whole is an
    interconnected system and that it is literally alive and sentient. If you
    here of a lab procedure that detects sentience, do let me know.

    Susan



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