Well either the big metal gleaming thing was designed or it wasn’t.
If it wasn’t, it occured “naturally”—that is was constructed through basic physical phenomena. I feel I have a relatively sound understanding of the universe, backed up by years of research done by fellow humans, and can see no way a gleaming metal machine-like object, full of clockwork and electrical cable, can occur naturally. So I have to reach one of two conclusions:
Either my (and most likely humanity’s) understanding of the universe is completely wrong, or the big metal thing was designed.
To me it seems clear which is the more likely scenario, though maybe I am missing a point or two about unknowable priors?
Anyway, this is how I would deduce the machine was designed—not through an understanding of optimization pressures. I feel this is a much more natural way to do it.
Things that are created by design are merely those things that “aren’t not created by design”.
Well either the big metal gleaming thing was designed or it wasn’t.
If it wasn’t, it occured “naturally”—that is was constructed through basic physical phenomena. I feel I have a relatively sound understanding of the universe, backed up by years of research done by fellow humans, and can see no way a gleaming metal machine-like object, full of clockwork and electrical cable, can occur naturally. So I have to reach one of two conclusions: Either my (and most likely humanity’s) understanding of the universe is completely wrong, or the big metal thing was designed.
To me it seems clear which is the more likely scenario, though maybe I am missing a point or two about unknowable priors?
Anyway, this is how I would deduce the machine was designed—not through an understanding of optimization pressures. I feel this is a much more natural way to do it. Things that are created by design are merely those things that “aren’t not created by design”.