On 6/4/08, David Opderbeck <dopderbeck@gmail.com> wrote:
> Let's say civilization as we know it collapses, this bug escapes into the
> wild and continues to evolve, and scientists working in a rebuilt society in
> the far future reconstruct the evolved bug's genetic history. Would they be
> able to conclude that it was originally designed?
A good thought problem. I would say that, assuming the scientists of
the future continue to use MN, and I think that to be a good
assumption, that while they might suspect original design, that
premise can not be part of their science. EXCEPT -- if they are aware
that we once existed and had that capability. Then they might rightly
assume that "we did it."
Which raises the question of how much knowledge they would have to
have of "us" to make that a working assumption.
Which raises that thought problem that we discover some of Charles
Fort's ramblings have a basis in fact -- that some millions of years
ago there was an earth civilization technologically equal to ours and
which was lost to history. Suppose we suddenly "dug them up." Would
the ID concept then become scientifically respectable?
I don't know.
Burgy
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