wanna bet?
And where did reason come from & how does it explain ISIS & Switzerland?
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Yeah, we've been through this one before. I accept that our ability to reason is thanks to evolution.
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But I'm not willing to give evolution full credit for things like Pythagorus' theorem.
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What then? If not Pythagorus' evolved abilities and his environment & culture?
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Pythagorus' theorem is a thing, cos it's actually true, and we were able to discover it. If it weren't true, it wouldn't be a thing.
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What other than evolved abilities, environment & culture is responsible for it?
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The knowledge itself is not in our genes. Neither is it in the environment, or was it in the culture.
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So I admit, it's mysterious! Where exactly did it come from, if it wasn't already present in those places?
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Isn't it just that they're reasoning from different premises? God exists & wants this vs human wellbeing is paramount?
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Doesn't reason also come from a mixture of evolved nature and cultural influence? If not, where does that come from?
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Our ability to reason comes from evolution, but the knowledge we obtain from reason is not encoded into the genes.
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No, that comes from the application of the reason to things outside it.
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Where is Pythagorus' theorem? Is it 'outside'?
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You tell me.
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What is needed apart from evolved abilities and a culture to enable them for Pythagorus' theorum to exist?
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One important factor - that it be true.
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