It is a mystery to me why you think science can explain everything.
At 12:41 PM 06/05/2000 -0400, Bertvan@aol.com wrote:
>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
>http://members.aol.com/bertvan
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