Re: Effect of discovering alien sentience

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 13:44:25 -0500, "Kevin J. Cheek"
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rec.arts.sf.composition:

> In article <Iq8LwH.EFs@xxxxxxxxxxx>, whheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx says...

>> I can see ID coming up in such a discussion very easily.
>> What I can't see is such a discussion winding up
>> supporting ID if the participants know very much.

> Odd thing is I recall some very good arguments to that
> effect by people who were very knowledgeable.

Rather, by people who impressed you as being very
knowledgeable. I have yet to see any evidence that support
of ID á la Behe and Dembski -- and that is what is normally
meant by the term -- isn't pretty much a guarantee that the
supporter either is not really knowledgeable or has
non-scientific reasons for his support.

Brian
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