ID and the SETI analogy
October 9, 2007One of the most compelling arguments supposting intelligent design these days is the so called SETI analogy. It basically says that if SETI is considered a science then ID can also be a science. That’s not a bad argument and for some time I didn’t have a good argument against it. Then I thought what if they are correct? Then they have to accept that anything they say is designed could also have been designed by extraterrestrials! And chances are they were evolved, not made by other aliens. After that we can use Ocam’s Razor and just say that we evolved since it’s less likely that the aliens lived long enough to be able (and wanted to) create us. So that’s why the SETI analogy is groundless.
Here is a website that supports and expands on my argument:
http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/pennock_design.html
Now this is a good ID argument (by a computer scientist?):
http://www.mit.edu/%7Ehooman/ComputersAndGod.ppt
from this website: