From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Mon Oct 18 2004 - 21:17:53 BST
Ian:
> There are a zillion options between "pre-ordained life" and "accidental
> sentient meat", and I'me getting very tired of this being treated as a
> binary debate, even in jest.
I'm tired of Darwinian acolytes who presuppose they have the one right
explanation for how we got here, especially since Darwin's theory is not
reproducible and thus not provable (or falsifiable) by science's own
standards of proof. Just as science cannot explain how neural activity
produces consciousness, it cannot explain how the complexity of bacteria
could have been formed by accident. But, there's really no point in
arguing the pros and cons of Darwinian theory on this forum. There are
plenty of other places for that. What we ought to be discussing is
Pirsig's evolutionary theory based on a transcendent moral force.
Besides, Americans consider it wholesome sport to mock arrogance. :-)
Platt
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