When we have machines that are as intelligent - and then twice as intelligent - as we are, there is no reason why that relationship cannot be synergistic rather than antagonistic.

Robert J. Sawyer
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  1. There is no indisputable proof for the big bang, " said Hollus. "And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept those. Why hold the question of whether there is a creator to a higher standard?
  2. It is either coincidence piled on top of coincidence, " said Hollus, "or it is deliberate design.
  3. No one disputes that seeming order can come out of the application of simple rules. But who wrote the rules?
  4. That natural selection can produce changes within a type is disputed by no one, not even the staunchest creationist. But that it can transform one species into another – that, in fact, has never been observed.
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