Re: [asa] Confusion about Science and ID

> So we are left with a cultral illusion – the misguided notion, shared by the
> ID movement and most ID critics, that science is capable of determining
> whether or not life was designed. Science can provide information and ideas
> for addressing that issue, but science cannot answer it.

I would propose two possible ways for science to detect whether life
was designed:
1) Have a set of examples of known designed and known undesigned life.
 Look for differences between the sets. See which provides a closer
match to life on Earth.

2) Have a known set of principles as to how a designer would or would
not implement things. Compare life to these standards. This requires
a certain amount of knowledge about the designer.

I believe that the ID movement is generally trying to do 2 but without
having established how a designer would do things nor how to translate
that into appropriate criteria for a test.

-- 
Dr. David Campbell
425 Scientific Collections
University of Alabama
"I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"
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