Strong evidence that a search algorithm can find high functionality in an astronomically large search space

[Michael_Okoko]

@Faizal_Ali

@Michael_Okoko

If these not-natural hypotheses are testable and can make precise, verifiable predictions, then the answer to your question is yes.

More precisely, the scientific method is not concerned with determining whether or not something is “natural”.

That’s true. It is primarily interested in vetting the validity of created hypotheses. These hypotheses could be about supernatural or natural events.

@Faizal_Ali

So if we observe something that violates what we thought was an inviolable law, it means we must abandon or change our understanding of that law.

True.

@Faizal_Ali

This does not mean that the existence of the supernatural is ruled our or discounted. It just has to be accommodated within the methodology described above, if it exists.

True. If the global flood hypothesis turned out to be right, it would defy a lot of things we know about the laws of nature, but that doesn’t mean scientists would throw their hands up in the air and say God did it. Instead, they would create new hypotheses to explain observations and go ahead to see if they hold up.