Yes, you can. The claim that one can only look at them in the way they've always been looked at - through philosophy and theology - does not need to be respected. Dawkins addresses this in intro of TGD. I addressed it here:https://areomagazine.com/2017/05/15/where-now-for-new-atheists/ …
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Ah, evidence. What I said before: we'll both look at the same facts and claim them as evidence for our opposite beliefs. Take a look at Wheeler's delayed choice experiment and see whether it isn't "magical". Cheers!
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But God isn't a serious proposition yet. Just say we don't know the causes of everything. It's so easy. You can keep magic as an option, obviously, but I'm voting against it because every mystery solved so far has turned out not to be not magic. (Tim MInchin)
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Very serious, as some of history's greatest minds have shown. Have a look at Wheeler's : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeler%27s_delayed_choice_experiment … See if you think it's possible, other than by design.
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The greatest minds do not necessarily apply their minds to reality. Alchemy isn't real despite Newton thinking it was. I don't know how this is possible. Imagining a designer seems like something a designing species would do. We are necessarily limited in our understanding.
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Humans are imperfect, including Newton, but still one of the greatest minds ever. Godel (recent) was one of the smartest humans EVER, producing a Proof that is amazing. He was a believer. You'll find smarties on both sides.
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Which is why it doesn't prove anything. Our intuitions tell us there is a god. Religiosity is pan cultural. My daughter invented one when she was 3. There are some good hypotheses about why we do this but we may never know.
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Neither side proves anything. :-)
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That's what I just said! For a long time, the smartest people thought headaches in women were caused by the uterus wandering about.
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