Catch me, I'm fainting! At last, an IDer who admits it.
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>...but it certainly is a conclusion from
>observing the physical universe, especially, our own nature.
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Since it is not a scientific theory then there is no evidence to support
such a "conclusion" and plenty of evidence to refute it. This is simply
your opinion; you are welcome to it, but the universe is under no obligation
to conform itself to your wishes.
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>Our reasoning
>ability, our free will, our ability to know that we are, etc are not
>physical and thus they lie outside the purview of science.
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You have no evidence to support these claims, and there is evidence that
contradicts them; read the scientific literature.
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>These are not
>personal biases but reflections on the creation.
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Without evidence they are still just opinions.
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>If self, free will, etc
>are illusions, then our thinking ability is faulty and thus nothing that
>comes from it can be believed.
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There is of course a third option, an option the prevailing evidence
supports: the self, free will and the ability to reason are consequences of
the physical brain and the physiochemical forces that it operates by.
Kevin L. O'Brien