Intelligent design: in conversation with Derren Brown (7/7)

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Psychological illusionist Derren Brown talks to the OU's Nigel Warburton about how personal experiences can be misleading and how people attribute design to objects in the natural world.

(Part 7 of 7)

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[ClumsyRoot]

The modern banana WAS designed--by humans.

Wild bananas are roundish, with a thick skin and lots of seeds. And they're bitter. Through selective breeding, we came up with the handy, tasty yellow fruit we find in our grocery stores today.

[astroboomboy]

@zebb1111 Please do yourself a favor and don't discuss matters you have no understanding of.

[e1000oak]

Does he carry a banana with him everywhere?

[BooshBoy8000]

Are you telling me Santa Claus doesn't exist?!

[keflar5]

Isn't nature itself a design, what told stupid atoms what to do

[uru39]

@jack83perry1 "Even Charles Darwin’s own wife was a creationist" nearly every one was a creationist before darwin, so that point has no argument at all. Einstein once send (cant remember the exact quote) "I find it hard to believe in a God that allows so much evil". He also never tried to disprove god so found no reason to fully reject the idea. However, there is more evidence today that god doesn't exist (the greatest being that theist can't prove God when we would expect them to be able to).

[ginjaninja1989]

@jack83perry1 Einstein didn't believe in God per se. He believed in a natural set of laws that govern the universe. Read The God Delusion by Professor Dawkins, he discusses it at length early on in the book. And your claim that that atheists treat Dawkins and Darwins as Gods is a contradiction in terms. Look up what 'atheist' actually means and get back to me.

[Wh3tst0nE]

It's certainly quite noisy. :3

[SpeshAli]

All the bible bashing deluded god lovers actually scare me. How can we live in this modern world with people around still this ignorant?

[SpeshAli]

@jack83perry1 What are you saying you deluded man?

[jack83perry1]

@zebb1111 Einstein was the smartest person who has lived and he believe in God. Why would you believe one man, when almost everyone other scientist admits God is real? Atheists treat Richard Darwkins and Charles darwin as a God.

[jack83perry1]

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes" Rom1v16