If I were addressing the creation part of the New God Argument or Simulation Hypothesis, I would have scoped it more narrowly
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Replying to @micahtredding @vgr
Also, I'm not operating with a category for 'supernatural'. To me, any greater being indicates something about our limits.
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It could be used to talk about relationship between humans and amoebas... theism is mainly metaphysical about categories
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If I didn't know you and trust your good faith here, I'd suspect an attempt to sneak theistic evangelism into atheistic frame
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Yeah, I appreciate the trust, and I'm interested in clear (and non-offensive) communication.
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Right now, I'm not convinced the modern categories around supernatural/natural/theism would have meant anything to the ancients.
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yes because frankly they were... uhh.. idiots compared to us :D
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Haha, sure. :) But if we're using their terms and their concepts, and have redefined them to exclude what they would have included...
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We could have the same discussion around Clark's Third Law.
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The thing about Clark's Third Law is that it finally gave us a workable definition of magic.
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no it does not. Any more than the turing test gives us a defn of intelligence. Did you ever see this? http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2007/07/06/harry-potter-and-the-concept-of-magic/ …
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Ah yeah, good stuff. I think I agree, though I'm just skimming to refresh my memory.
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religious creation myths aren't the same as aliens inventing genomics. They're about breathing consciousness into matter.
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