Instigator / Pro
11
1377
rating
62
debates
25.81%
won
Topic
#753

life is created intelligently

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
3
6
Better sources
4
4
Better legibility
2
2
Better conduct
2
2

After 2 votes and with 3 points ahead, the winner is...

RationalMadman
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
Three days
Max argument characters
5,000
Voting period
Two weeks
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
14
1687
rating
555
debates
68.11%
won
Description

No information

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

Pro makes a typical argument from design - that properties of life seem to imply they were designed. What I needed to see from con here is a clear argument or explanation as to how some of these properties could have originated without design, or an argument about why design cannot be implies

The most relevant part of cons arguments (ignoring pros opening semantic argument), was basically attempting to claim that pro can’t just point to traits and say that they were designed. While I am sympathetic - pros arguments is effectively a list of astonishingly complex organisms that Appear well suited to their environment is intuitive.

Fortunately, con does just enough in the remainder of the rounds, with his appeal to Darwinian selection to provide me a counter example of why these examples may not be due to design. While this explanation was minimal, it was sufficient to overturn the intuitive part of pros argument.

As a result, arguments to con.

All other points tied (equal forfeits)

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

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