Entroper on 09 February 2008
| flukus said: ""a. All languages, codes, protocols and encoding / decoding mechanisms that we know the origin of come from a mind - there are no known exceptions b. DNA is a language, a code, a protocol, and an encoding / decoding mechanism c. Therefore DNA came from a mind." Thats the worst piece of logic I've seen for a long time. It's the classic: a. Bob has a red car b. I have a red car c. My car is bobs car |
It's actually even worse. The premise in A says "all known codes come from a mind." Except we know that DNA is a code, and we don't know if it came from a mind. In other words, in order for A to be true, C must first be true. The premise assumes that the conclusion is true, which is the definition of faulty circular logic.
Anyway, I came to this thread pretty late, much like other epic debate threads on this forum. They always seem to explode into 5+ pages before I find them.
