> >For ID theorists who claim that God *could* have created a situation which
> >would then go on to evolve sophisticated life on its own (i.e., without any
> >further intervention on God's part):
>
>Hi Chris
>The universe might well have been created without need for further
>intervention (by god or anything else.) However, I can't even imagine a
>world in which chance might play an important role in creating complex,
>rational systems.
>
>Bertvan
I find it interesting that the following relationship is true:
1 cubed = 1 squared
1 cubed + 2 cubed = (1 + 2) squared i.e. 9=9
1 cubed + 2 cubed + 3 cubed = (1+2+3) squared i.e. 36=36
Anyone who wants to carry this out farther will find that it
continues in this vein. Now many people would (and do)
see design in this. They regard this as the mathematical
equivalent of Paley's watch. Numerology is very popular.
But we have a pretty complete picture of the history of
mathematics. It was not designed so that this pattern,
and others like it, would work out. These patterns are
in there by chance. The number system was not
designed with them in mind.
ralph
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