Re: [asa] Timaeus--ID isn't "god of the gaps"

Hi Gregory,

"Yes, Mike, I think we are on the same page here. It makes no sense to speak of 'a mind using evolution to carry out an objective.'

I don't think we are on the same page, as an idea that makes no sense to you makes a lot of sense to me. Minds enlist and recruit all sorts of processes to carry out objectives. For example, the Casino owner uses games of chance to carry out the objective of making a profit. Or, to offer a more relevant hypothetical, I have no trouble envisioning minds using evolution to carry out the objective of terraforming a planet. Or carefully choosing the structure/architecture of life such that a nervous system was likely to evolve into existence.

- Mike

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Received on Wed Nov 5 23:04:03 2008