Free will, consciousness, intelligence, purpose, creativity, spontaneity and
choice are all characteristics of life. So far no one has been able to
define or describe them naturalistically. If science insists upon limiting
itself to those things that can be described naturalistically, science should
limit its attempted explanations to dead systems. With microscopes and
technology we are able to observe life. We cam detect tiny details of the
design and deduce their limited purposes. We can manipulate pieces of the
design.
We can't even observe evolution. We can only guess what happened and when.
Those scientists who deny free will, consciousness, intelligence, purpose,
creativity, spontaneity and choice as a part of the process, merely because
science is unable to explain such qualities naturalistically, are entitled to
make their guesses about evolution. Those scientists who acknowledge free
will, consciousness, intelligence, purpose, creativity, spontaneity and
choice as characteristics of life may or may not achieve a better
understanding of the process. If science wants to limit itself to phenomena
that can be explained naturalistically, it should not try to explain life.
Bertvan
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