Octopuses are Aliens

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(08-30-2015, 12:34 AM)Beaker Wrote: Addressing your second sentence, the numbers, and evidence do add up to natural selection. In fact, that is not even questioned anymore. The organisms best adapted to their environment are the ones who survive to reproductive age to pass on their genes...and thus traits...to the next generation.

As far as your first sentence, what statistical improbability are you referring to? I am assuming the formation of the universe. If so, even a statistical improbability doesn't eliminate an option, which seems to be what you are implying. And an event with even a small probability, and supporting evidence is still thousands of times more likely than an explanation with zero evidence, like "god did it". So yes, the scientific explanation is still more probable than the religious one.

That was my mistake typing "natural selection". And i have no idea where it came from since it's not been part of any of this discussion. I may have been thinking natural process but that would be wrong as well because the question is 'design or random'. 

The statistical improbability that that the events of the "big bang" and everything that followed it was a random occurrence. And once again...it seems this has to be done a lot...i've never said a statistical improbability meant that it couldn't happen. The headache is coming back again and i know it's from people not taking the time to read and comprehend a post, then thoughtfully construct their reply. The fact that people can't put aside "God did it" and focus on the statistical merits fore each argument and the likely-hood of each is starting to make me think it's a waste of time to even try and engage most around here. The only thing anyone seems to be interested in is pointing out, endlessly, that 'God can't be proven so your argument is moot'. 

Scientists themselves are intrigued by the specific parameters of/for "life" yet people here still want to say things like "the scientific explanation is still more probable than the religious one". 

Blows.My.Mind.

Well, not really. That was just for effect.