Another problem with creationism
People who believes in creationism should use Microsoft rather than Unix and should insist that their baggage be carried on this thing rather than transported by the system that has evolved over the past century or two in train stations and airports worldwide. The thing is, stuff that’s created new doesn’t work.
For all the talk about a divine watchmaker, watch design has itself evolved in response to environmental pressures. Early timepieces looked nothing like today’s: the most common, worldwide, was a weir of water that dripped through a hole at a controlled rate, gradually filling a tank. Each time the tank filled to a certain level, it tipped over and either rang a bell or caused a ratchet to click one “tick” forward. If you knew how many bells there were per day, you could tell time. Then, thanks to a profusion of “offspring” with slight differences, followed by their adoption in the “environment” (aka marketplace), eventually the water-bucket principle was applied to metal springs with controlled tension that ticked the tock one carefully calibrated second forward each, you know, second.
Not that I need to convince you or anything. Just another way of thinking about this stuff.
And don’t give me that “god is the perfect watchmaker” crap because if he’s so perfect, how come I don’t have a job?
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