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talk.origins probability-abiogenesis FAQ criticized

B Kildow tracker99 at foxinternet.net
Thu Jan 11 16:46:13 EST 2001


zOz wrote:
> 
> Hi Ian,
> 
> because we start from very different premises, it is hopeless
> for us to convince one another. You cannot take serious
> panpsychism despite the fact that the most revolutionary and
> important (by his influence on other scientists) founder of
> modern science, Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was a panpsychist.
> 
> http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=515913346
> http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=569040233 ***
> http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=628287529
> 
> On the other side, I cannot take serious your belief that
> the information stored in amino acid sequences or DNA
> sequences can be enough to explain complex behaviour of
> enzymes, let alone instinctive behaviour of animals or even
> human self-consciousness.
> 
> Darwin says that our ancestors were monkeys. I say we were
> these monkeys ourselves. Don't you like the idea that you
> were a monkey 10 million years ago?
> 

Not my place to reply, but you may want to actually read "The Origin of
Species" by Charles Darwin.  He does not say humans are descended from
monkeys.  Or apes.  Or bananas.  

BK






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