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====Inferring design====
====Inferring design====
Design is often inferred intuitively. However, there are formal ways to establish design. For example, logical and/or mathematical assessment of both ''small probabilities'' and ''specifications'' on any phenomenon or event, and the resulting elimination of chance as a viable explanation for the phenomenon or event.<ref>William Dembski and Winston Ewert. 2023. The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance through Small Probabilities (2nd edition). Discovery Institute. ISBN 9781637120347. Page 70</ref>
Design is often inferred intuitively. However, there are formal ways to establish a [[Design inference]]. For example, logical and/or mathematical assessment of both ''small probabilities'' and ''specifications'' on any phenomenon or event, and the resulting elimination of chance as a viable explanation for the phenomenon or event.<ref>William Dembski and Winston Ewert. 2023. The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance through Small Probabilities (2nd edition). Discovery Institute. ISBN 9781637120347. Page 70</ref>
''Chance'' can occur as a side effect of design (e.g. car accidents occur even when cars, controls, and roads are designed). Chance can also be a an unguided natural phenomenon (e.g. earthquake, landslide, etc).<ref>William Dembski and Winston Ewert. 2023. The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance through Small Probabilities (2nd edition). Discovery Institute. ISBN 9781637120347. Page 75-85</ref> In order to narrow down if something is designed or natural, specifications should be present.
''Chance'' can occur as a side effect of design (e.g. car accidents occur even when cars, controls, and roads are designed). Chance can also be a an unguided natural phenomenon (e.g. earthquake, landslide, etc).<ref>William Dembski and Winston Ewert. 2023. The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance through Small Probabilities (2nd edition). Discovery Institute. ISBN 9781637120347. Page 75-85</ref> In order to narrow down if something is designed or natural, specifications should be present.