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Intelligent Design

What is it about Intelligent Design that people hold on to so dearly?

I’m not talking about a rebranding of literal biblical creationism but simply of the idea that the Universe was deliberately created.

The answer is pretty simple. The Universe, the Earth, our own bodies and minds, are incredible. The desire to feel ‘wanted’ is a pretty basic emotion and perfectly rational. We look around ourselves and we think ‘Wow, I really don’t want this to be pure chance and accident’.

And you know what? I have absolutely no problem with people who think this. I will try to explain to them that a Designer causes more difficulty than gives benefit. The benefits themselves are purely emotional and the difficulties only start with infinite recursion but that’s ok. If it comforts you to believe in a Designer in a non-religious way and you partake of an understanding of Science – at whatever level – I’m ok with that.

Of course I don’t believe any of it… to an extent. More on the Matrix Theory later!