Probability Arguments for Intelligent Design

[colewd (Bill Cole)]

@Dan_Eastwood

I agree that statistics are not always necessary for inference, but the formalized method is correct. Statistics allow us to make inference in the presence of uncertainty.
With respect to the question of this topic, where arguments are based on probability, we can make statements objective statements about right/wrong ways of doing things based on mathematics.

I think we have common ground here so we have some foundation.

Darwins argument was against creation as an inference to the explanation for the diversity of life. You are right that he is assuming a living organism as a starting point. If you want me to cite how he argued for inference to the best explanation, I will.

@Dan_Eastwood

we do not infer that some previously unknown colewd exist because we have prior knowledge of your existence

No but if we see a similar sentence and don’t know the author we can safely assume conscious intelligence was the cause. This is the design argument. It is limited but very powerful.

Conscious intelligence can create large amounts of FI with a high degree of certainty.