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'''Design detection''' is the science of how to recognize patterns arranged by an intelligent cause for a purpose. It is used in a number of scientific fields, including [[anthropology]], [[archeology]], forensic sciences, [[cryptanalysis]] and the [[Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence|search for extraterrestrial intelligence]].<ref>http://www.seti.org/site/pp.asp?c=ktJ2J9MMIsE&b=178025</ref> An inference that certain cosmological and biological features of the natural world may be the product of an intelligent cause can be tested or evaluated in the same manner as scientists daily test for design in other sciences.<ref>For example, Stephen C. Meyer, Senior Fellow of the Center for Science and Culture at the Discovery Institute, notes at idthefuture.com (http://www.idthefuture.com/2005/10/a_note_to_teachers_part_3_science_and_th.html) the problem with limiting explanations to only "natural" causes: "Archaeologists routinely distinguish manufactured objects (e.g., arrowheads, potsherds) from natural ones (e.g., stones), even when the differences between them are very subtle. These manufactured objects then become important clues in reconstructing past ways of life. But if we arbitrarily assert that science explains solely by reference to natural laws, if archaeologists are prohibited from invoking an intelligent manufacturer, the whole archaeological enterprise comes to a grinding halt."</ref>
'''Design detection''' is the science of how to recognize patterns arranged by an intelligent cause for a purpose. It is used in a number of scientific fields, including [[anthropology]], [[archeology]], forensic sciences, [[cryptanalysis]] and the [[Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence|search for extraterrestrial intelligence]].<ref>http://www.seti.org/site/pp.asp?c=ktJ2J9MMIsE&b=178025</ref> An inference that certain cosmological and biological features of the natural world may be the product of an intelligent cause can be tested or evaluated in the same manner as scientists daily test for design in other sciences.<ref>For example, Stephen C. Meyer, Senior Fellow of the Center for Science and Culture at the Discovery Institute, notes at idthefuture.com (http://www.idthefuture.com/2005/10/a_note_to_teachers_part_3_science_and_th.html) the problem with limiting explanations to only "natural" causes: "Archaeologists routinely distinguish manufactured objects (e.g., arrowheads, potsherds) from natural ones (e.g., stones), even when the differences between them are very subtle. These manufactured objects then become important clues in reconstructing past ways of life. But if we arbitrarily assert that science explains solely by reference to natural laws, if archaeologists are prohibited from invoking an intelligent manufacturer, the whole archaeological enterprise comes to a grinding halt."</ref>
Design detection can be very difficult or impossible because God must not provide proof for his existance to nonbelievers because then faith would no longer be required, and Christianity would become a science rather than a religion.
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