Here are my initial reactions:
>>1. Detectability Problem --- How is design detected?
I have not yet seen any methodology for this that can demonatrate anything
other than the insufficiency of blind chance. A trivial and unremarkable
conclusion.
>>2. Functionality Problem --- What is a designed object's function?
>>
>>3. Transmission Problem --- How does an object's design trace back
>>historically? (search for narrative)
>>
>>4. Construction Problem --- How was a designed object constructed?
>>
>>5. Reverse-Engineering Problem --- How could a designed object have
>>been constructed?
>>
>>6. Perturbation Problem --- How has the original design been modified
>>and what factors have been modified?
>>
>>7. Variability Problem --- What degree of perturbation allows continued
>>functioning?
>>
>>8. Restoration Problem --- Once perturbed, how can original design be
>>recovered?
>>
>>9. Constraints Problem --- What are the constraints within which a
>>designed object functions well and outside of which it breaks?
>>
>>10. Optimality Problem --- In what way is the design optimal?
These are all perfectly valid scientific questions that the
scientific>community is already pursuing. Just replace the word "designed
object"
with "highly complex and integrated system."
>>11. Ethical Problem --- Is the design morally right?
>>
>>12. Aesthetic Problem --- Is the design beautiful?
>>
>>13. Intentionality Problem --- What was the intention of the designer?
>>
>>14. Identity Problem --- Who is the designer?
These are clearly not scientific questions. They are vitally important but
not scientific.
Keith
Keith B. Miller
Department of Geology
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
kbmill@ksu.ksu.edu
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~kbmill/
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