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Hi guys,
I've written up a brief article on how to install tie down loops on a car that does not have a convenient way of tying the ends of the canoe down. It is here
I've also cut the text and thumb nails below, but if you go to the link above you will be able to then follow links to larger pictures. (I removed the links here, as I prefer the larger bandwidth pictures to be linked in from my page... This site is very popular and can over drive traffic on to mine...no really it's true)
Trail Cafe: Trip report - Adding canoe tie down points
Title: Adding canoe tie down points
Trip type: article
Summary: A trick I used, for getting easy to access tie down points on my car, used when hauling a canoe or kayak.
Author: M. Tanton
The Trip Report:
Well I bought a new car, which is good because now I will be able to get out more often. I bought a plain-Jane Pontiac G5, which I like well enough. However it is lacking a reasonable way to tie down the ends of a canoe/sea kayak to the car.
So this is the trick that I used, which I thought may help others. This is something I learned from my friend Ross.
What do is create a loop of webbing that is bolted to the car at the edge of the hood and trunk. Sounds easy enough and it is.
First find some webbing, I sacrificed a strap and buckle system I had laying around. I cut four lengths 2 at around 6" and 2 around 8". The different lengths as the bolts I'm attaching them to the car with with are at different distances from to the edge of the car.
After cutting the lengths use a lighter to melt the edges so they do not fray. Next I cut a 1/4" hole in each end of each strap. For cutting I used a utility knife (or box-cutter for our American friends). I cut small squares and pulled some of the loose fibers out. I did not try to pull all the fibers out, a quick hit with the lighter melts the frayed center bits, and prevents further fraying. While it is still hot run a pencil or some thing similar through to make a reasonable hole. (I used an arrow with a field point...) Then another quick hit with the lighter to clean it up a bit and it is a good enough result for me.
Completed Straps ready to install on the car.
close up of end
After you make the straps comes the installation. This again is simple remove one of the body bolts just in side the hood, and run both ends of the strap through the bolt and reinstall the bolt. Do make sure the bolt is affixed to a strong point of the car and not some bit of plastic. You'll see in the picture that it looks like I'm on a plastic bit, but under that is steel.
Mounting technique
So you end up with a easy to use loop for tying your canoe down. No need to crawl under the car in the dirt to find a tie down point. Not a big deal on some cars, but more so on others like mine. The loops tuck nicely under the hood when not in use, so it does not make your car look like it is growing some kind of ears.
The loop is in the deployed position.
I've used this technique before on my old cavalier, but in that case it only worked on the hood. So your mileage may vary. I do wonder about wicking water down the bolt hole. Also after a few seasons I found they should be replaced as they do wear down a bit. Hope you find some use in it.
Please take care to not Hurt yourself (cut, burn, or otherwise). Having said that I survived the building process, and I imagine you will too. Also be aware that If you use this trick, I am not responsible for any damage you may do to your car as a result. Depending on your car it may break your paint seal, may cause wear in rubbing the paint on the side of the hood or other damage. I wish I'd looked at the Caviler prior to giving it away, to see if this did occur.
Also the loop may even snap and fail to hold the canoe. Use at your own risk, and ensure you canoe is tied over the center. It makes me sad that I have to say thinks like this... sigh.
Content Copyright M. Tanton 2010, posted to www.songofthepaddle by the original author. Permission is granted to www.songoftehpaddle to use and modify this content in anyway they see fit.
P.S. I debated on deleting the copyright thing, but chose not to... hope that does not come across as poor to our community, it's not meant to be arrogant or anything like that on my part. The reports on my site are generated via a script, and the copyright notice is generated automatically assigning the copyright to the name provided as the author... so I did not want a contradiction between my site and this one.


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WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When the story broke that former Congressman Jesse L. Jackson Jr., D-Ill., had used political donations as his own piggy bank, many people were surprised. Even though prosecutors said Jackson spent thousands between August 2005 and April 2012 at restaurants, nightclubs, on travel, high-end electronics and a gold-plated Rolex watch, it was the expenditures that seemed like he was preparing for a Halloween party that received the most attention and ridicule.
There was $10,105 in Bruce Lee memorabilia; $14,200 in Michael Jackson memorabilia, including a $4,600 fedora; a black and red cashmere cape, a reversible mink parka along with memorabilia from Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Jimi Hendrix.
The younger Jackson became the butt of late-night jokes. But a reading of the letters submitted to the judge on his behalf provides deeper insight into the younger Jackson's character and how his illness altered his behavior. Jackson, who resigned from Congress as part of his plea deal, was scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday.
His sister, Santita, the oldest of the five Jackson children, wrote that having a famous civil rights leader as their father made life anything but normal.
"Throughout our lives, particularly our young lives, our Father's name was far more controversial than celebrated and actually, depending upon where you stood it was a name that was at least as infamous as it was famous," she wrote. "We lived with daily assassination threats, armed security in our home and the probability – not the mere possibility – that our Father could be taken from us at any moment, as had happened to so many before him. My Siblings and I rarely discussed the fears surrounding those realities with one another; the idea of life without our Father was too heartbreaking – and too near our reach. But we, each in our own ways – and none more than Jesse – resolved to make each day our best day, because each day could have been the last day that our Father would be alive to have seen any of us.
"I neither knew how deeply nor the extent that he [Jesse Jr.] felt the pressure of our existence until I read a WASHINGTONIAN Magazine article in which he said that you never feel 'quite the same way about rebelling against your Father if every time you see him could be the last time that you see him.'"
Santita said her younger brother, like the rest of the children, had to earn his own way in life.
"When he wanted a car in in high school, he became a busboy at a restaurant – starting his shift at 4:30a and taking the bus at 3:30a – in order that he earned the monies necessary to purchase his used Camero," she wrote. "When he met his Beloved wife Sandra, he recognized her talent and ambition – and her need for support. He took on the responsibility for her tuition, housing and transportation – all before he married her. All these things he did and more, because he learned and believed that a man accepts the obligations for those he loves – be they 'the people' 'a person'; ultimately, a man takes care of his own."

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"Hey there, Dora, something seems different today!
"Did you change your hair?"
"Or maybe start a career in pillow smuggling?"
Ok, ok, to be fair, Dora might be pregnant. It's just a lot less traumatizing to imagine her purple monkey friend is stuffed down her pants holding a basketball. And wow are there a lot of things wrong with that statement.
Still, you must admit: her face looks good on paper...stuck on cake.
Ok, maybe you don't have to admit that.
Oh, and Dora, sweetie, didn't anyone ever tell you to match your foundation to your double chins? Take it from a girl who knows: it's all about the blending. And scarves. Scarves are awesome.
Now I know you can't put a price on perfection, but fortunately this labor of...labor...only cost wreckporter Becky S. a measly two hundred and seventy five dollars. However, she also reports, "when I complained to the bakery, I was told they wished they had charged us more because they had so much work in it." So I guess the price just went up if you want a similar piece of...work. Sorry, guys. Maybe they'll give you a discount if you bring your own basketball.


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Shutdown looms, fundraising zooms
Republicans and Democrats say they don't want a government shutdown — but that hasn't stopped both sides from making every effort to stuff their campaign coffers and pad their email lists off the fight over funding Obamacare.
With the clock winding down toward the shutdown deadline, lawmakers and outside interest groups have managed to find time all week to send email missives making the case that congressional sanity can be restored if supporters will just give them more money.
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"Speeches alone aren't going to win this fight for us," Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) wrote in an email Thursday. "The only way we can win is if the American people raise their voices and engage their representatives. The clock is ticking, and I need your help right now."
Alongside his call to action: a big red "Donate Now" button.
( QUIZ: How well do you know this week's shutdown news?)
Rep. Paul Ryan also lent his name to an effort on behalf of the Republican National Committee and his leadership fundraising committee, Prosperity PAC.
"The foundation of our democracy is built upon accountability. And the Republican National Committee has made it their mission to hold accountable each and every Democrat who chooses to embrace the President's health care train wreck at the expense of their constituents," the Wisconsin Republican wrote in an RNC email, asking contributors for just $14 for a Republican Senate in 2014.
His solicitation for Prosperity PAC was a little bigger. Ryan asked supporters to chip in "$100, $50, $25, or whatever you can afford today to help us protect the majority in 2014."
( Also on POLITICO: Viewers guide to shutdown drama)
The push to translate the fight over funding Obamacare into campaign cash is not surprising since the issue is political red meat for both the Republican and Democratic base.
On a more practical level, it's almost the end of the third quarter and lawmakers are looking to get as much cash in their campaign piggy banks as possible before the Sept. 30 filing deadline. The petitions are also a way for lawmakers to grow their email lists, which they can use to contact voters in future fundraising asks.
One hallmark that's been missing from the dollar dash is swanky dinners and cattle call events featuring lawmakers as "special guests." Big dollar fundraising isn't part of the mix for a variety reasons fundraisers say — the Federal Election Commission has ruled that lawmakers can't hold fundraisers off of pending legislation and most will even cancel industry events near important votes to avoid even the perception of a conflict. Also, holding a high-priced fundraiser over funding the government would almost certainly be portrayed negatively in the press.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama to Congress: 'Pay our bills on time')
Instead the campaign has been mostly targeting the grassroots online.
For Lee — who has helped lead the defund crusade — it's been a fundraising message for weeks. In early August he sent an email fundraising pitch asking for supporters to help him "keep pressuring my fellow legislators to defund Obamacare before it's too late."
Lee spokesman Brian Phillips said the fundraising solicitations are just one tactic to keep supporters abreast of the Utah Republican's activities.
"We use numerous vehicles to alert Senator Lee's supporters that he is fighting for them and doing what they asked him to do. That's one of them," said Lee spokesman Brian Phillips.
( Also on POLITICO: House GOP banking on Plan C)
The staffs of the Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate also used the debate to send email blasts over the issue. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell campaign manager Jesse Benton tried to burnish the Kentucky Republican's conservative credentials — by reminding readers that McConnell "fully supports the House Continuing Resolution to defund Obamacare" and that "if the Democrats amend the House CR, then they own Obamacare. Not Republicans." The email included a link to contribute to McConnell's Senate campaign.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) went a little more aggressive , though he did not solicit a financial contributio n. Using the subject line "Anarchy," Reid asked recipients to join the roughly 9.500 petition signers to tell Republicans not to shut down the government.
"This is about keeping vital government services up and running," Reid wrote. "Making sure paychecks for our troops and their families don't get disrupted. And keeping federal employees on the job in Nevada and around the country."
( Also on POLITICO: Harry Reid derides the GOP 'weird caucus')
Speaker John Boehner took to Twitter earlier in the month, asking followers to sign the National Republican Congressional Committee's petition to defund Obamacare.
The barrage of online communications wasn't just coming from under the Capitol dome, however.
President Barack Obama sent a similar email Friday asking people to also sign a petition make sure "that the message gets through" to Speaker John Boehner to keep the government funded. Obama-allied Organizing for Action introduced a "donor wall" in an effort to show its grassroots support, offering people a chance of having their name on BarackObama.com as long as they contribute $5, or more.
The Senate Conservative Fund and Heritage Action — two of the most prominent conservative groups pushing the defund strategy — also tried to rally their donors.
Senate Conservative Fund, which has come under fire from Republican lawmakers frustrated with its strategy of targeting incumbent Republicans, was unapologetic on its fundraising on defunding Obamacare. The group took in $1.5 million in August, the majority of which was driven by its defund campaign.
( Also on POLITICO: Tom Coburn: GOP will 'fold like hotcakes' on Obamacare)
"We raise money to fight liberal policies and to elect true conservative leaders," said Matt Hoskins, executive director of SCF. "People donate because they believe in our mission and know that it takes money to win these fights. The Washington establishment attacks is because we are effective. If we weren't causing problems for them, they wouldn't be complaining."
And don't expect the activity to stop. Heritage Action Fund's political director Russ Vought sent an email blast after the Senate vote Friday with a link to donate to their cause.
"Now the fight shifts back to the House. It is never too late for your Representative to get it right," the email reads. "Our work is not yet done: the House will be in session on Saturday."
Despite the continued fundraising push, Heritage Action's Dan Holler said it isn't about the cash.
"If we were in this for the money, we'd be doing things like pushing the Internet Sales Tax, conjuring up a 'conservative' rational for amnesty and farm subsidies, and standing down on fights like Export-Import Bank," he said.


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Argument from design
The argument from design, also known as the teleological argument, is an argument for the existence of a divine designer based on instances of order or purpose in nature. The argument has been used since ancient Greece and remains a popular argument. The intelligent design movement is based on this argument. The conclusion only states there is a designer but does not support any particular religion.
Arguments for and against the validity of the argument have been advanced by many philosophers and apologists. David Hume was highly critical of the argument in his seminal book Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. William Paley introduced the Watchmaker analogy which is a popular wording of the argument.
A typical argument from design is as follows: [1]
- "Some natural systems, especially living systems, contain ingenious solutions for solving technical problems. Human inventors must solve the same physical problems in order to achieve similar results [...] Ingenious biological features were [...] engineered by our wise, benevolent, and powerful Creator. Nature has never been observed inventing these kinds of complex structures, each well-suited to its task, and there is not even a theoretical, realistic step-by-step evolutionary explanation for how they could have developed. Thus, in the same way that we infer a painter from a painting, or an engineer from an engine, we infer a Creator from a creation."
Along similar lines, Thomas Aquinas proposed his "fifth way":
- "The fifth way is taken from the governance of the world. We see that things which lack intelligence, such as natural bodies, act for an end, and this is evident from their acting always, or nearly always, in the same way, so as to obtain the best result. Hence it is plain that not fortuitously, but designedly, do they achieve their end. Now whatever lacks intelligence cannot move towards an end, unless it be directed by some being endowed with knowledge and intelligence; as the arrow is shot to its mark by the archer. Therefore some intelligent being exists by whom all natural things are directed to their end; and this being we call God.[2]"
More informal versions run along the lines of:
- "How can you look at the world and not believe someone created/thought of it? It's Amazing!!![3]"
- 1 Formal Argument
- 2 Criticism
- 3 Related Arguments
- 4 References
Formal Argument[edit]
There are three formal variants of the argument from design. [4] They are used individually or together in informal statements of the argument.
Deductive version:
- a1) Objects that are designed by humans are ordered*.
- a2) The order* in any object originates from an external source.
- a3) There is no other external source of order* other than a designer,
- a4) An object X (for instance, an eye or the whole universe) is ordered*.
- c1) X was designed.
- c2) Therefore a designer of object X exists.
* or have purpose, complexity, beauty or any other characteristic property of design.
Analogical (inductive) version:
- a5) Objects that are designed by humans are ordered*.
- a6) A certain object X (for instance, an eye or the whole universe) is also ordered*.
- a7) By analogy human objects are similar to object X, and the causes must be the same.
- c3) X was designed
- c4) Therefore a designer of object X exists.
There is a third form of the argument which does not rule out other explanations for order, but selects design because it is supposedly the most probable explanation.[4]
Characteristic properties of a designed object[edit]
The argument from design depends on a characteristic property that is indicative of design. The characteristic property is either used to assert the similarity of human design to an ordered system or to rule out natural processes forming an ordered system. Aquinas's claim that it is "evident" that things are ordered, without explaining how it came to this conclusion, is not sufficient.
- "Can you pretend to show any such similarity between the fabric of a house, and the generation of a universe?[5]"
Vague terminology
The argument from design asserts that human designed objects and natural objects share a property that is characteristic of design. While this characteristic property is usually called "order", "purpose" or "complexity", what these specifically refer to is vague. For instance, Paley does not explicitly state what he means by "the marks of design" in a watch.
Analogy with a single universe
We only have knowledge of our universe. To properly infer the properties of designed universe in general, we need to have experience of multiple universes. If we do not, any specific properties of our universe may have originated from a source other than design. Since we lack knowledge of multiple universes, we cannot infer the similarity between human design and the design of the universe. This is known as the spotlight fallacy.
We can only claim an object is designed for a purpose if we have experience of the design process and designer. To say the universe fulfils as purpose assumes that this specific purpose can be known. This is difficult to establish while avoiding gross anthropocentrism or the assumption of God, which is what the argument intends to establish. How can we say if the universe fulfils an unknown purpose? Ideas of usefulness originate in our minds and are independent of an object's origin. Water is useful for drinking and cleaning but it has existed longer than all life and will probably continue to exist after humans are extinct. Both designed and non-designed objects may be useful in a particular circumstance.
"Even the white tails of rabbits, according to some theologians, have a purpose, namely to make it easier for sportsmen to shoot them."
Purpose is also human invention and we should distinguish the use of something for a purpose with the design for a purpose. We can say a watch's purpose is to tell time. However, they can be utilized as a paper weight, a pendulum, a fashion accessory, etc, in which case the purpose of a watch is changed by our minds. Natural objects are also used for a purpose, such as a cave for shelter but it does not follow that the cave was formed for that purpose.
Many versions of the design argument assume the purpose of a particular object is for the benefit of humans, such as the Fine-tuning argument. Without supporting evidence that an object was designed with this in mind, the claim is arbitrary and anthropocentric.
The universe appears to operate according to physical laws. These laws are formulated as equations that feature several constant values which have no apparent explanation. These constants include the strength of gravity, the density of the universe, etc. If these were slightly different, the universe would appear to be very different than its current state and would likely contain no life (this is the Fine-tuning argument). To say this universe has a purpose, such as to support life, without any evidence is to commit the Texas sharpshooter fallacy. From this to claim there is a designer is an argument from ignorance. Some commonly used mathematical values have been cited as evidence of design, such as the golden ratio, but these are subject to the same objections.
Is there any object that was not designed?
Creationists generally assert that everything in the universe was designed. It is therefore impossible to establish a distinction between designed and non-designed objects, because there are no non-designed objects for us to experience! Therefore creationism is incompatible with the argument from design.
In the Watchmaker analogy, Paley claims a rock might have always existed but a watch was definitely created. The characteristic property of design implicitly suggested is the watch is not naturally occurring and is therefore designed. However, he also argues the universe, including the rock, was designed. This destroys the "naturally occurring" vs. "not naturally occurring" distinction he first established.
Beauty is a subjective human invention and does not reliably indicate the origin of anything. What constitutes beautiful varies from person to person, which prevents general agreement on any particular evidence to support the argument. Without having an objective standard, it is difficult to establish which examples support the argument from design. The universe contains a mixture of beauty and ugliness, which makes the conclusion ambiguous.
- Main Article: Apophenia
Humans tend to see apparently meaningful patterns even when they are not really present. [6] This bias makes alleged supposed patterns, such as "order" or "purpose" in the universe, very questionable unless they can be rigorously defined and evaluated.
Specified complexity
There are various definitions of specified complexity. Based on the general concept, William Dembski adapted the idea into a mathematical system loosely related to information theory. In this context, complexity implies the low probability of an object to occur by random sampling of possibilities. [7] Specified generally means "a significant, subjective [8] outcome". Specified complexity has been widely criticised for its inconsistent use of terminology, unique jargon, irrelevance and questionable validity [9] [10]. The concept assumes random sampling of possible configurations but this is of questionable relevance to natural processes which tend to vary progressively. Specified complexity is a subjective measure, which is liable to the Texas sharpshooter fallacy and anthropocentrism.
Irreducible complexity
Michael Behe introduced the concept of irreducible complexity. He defines it as the property of being "composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning". [11] Some human designs do not meet this criteria, such as redundant systems. The criteria of "cease functioning" assumes there is a purpose to the system, which is a subjective concept liable to anthropocentrism.
Does design generally have the alleged characteristic?
The argument from design claims that intelligence (such as a human mind) can provide an example of how the principle of design actually occurs. However, a designing intelligence on an alien world might operate quite differently. If we arbitrarily use human design as the model for design in general, that is assuming anthropomorphism without any evidence. This is known as the spotlight fallacy. An alien planet may have design manifested without the alleged characteristic design as seen on Earth.
We don't know the intention of the designer
Arguing that an object is design is difficult when we don't know the intention of the designer. This also is a counter argument to the argument from poor design.
- "in order to say that something is sub-optimal, you must know what the objectives or purpose of the designer are. If Gould doesn't know what the designer intended, then he can't say the design falls short of those intentions[12]"
Direct experience of a designer
We know a watch has a designer from experience. Direct knowledge of the watchmaker and the process of watch-making is an certain indication of the origin of order in a watch. However, we do not have direct experience of the design process that planned the universe. Attempting to infer a cosmic designer without having a way to investigate the cosmic design process is unreliable.
"Well adapted" as a property of design
Many apologists argue that humans are well adapted to the environment they live in, and that the environment is very suitable for supporting human life. This alleged property of design is very vague and does not rule out the adaptation being naturally occurring or being non-contingent.
". . . imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, `This is an interesting world I find myself in, an interesting hole I find myself in, fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!'"
- — As quoted in Richard Dawkins's Eulogy for Douglas Adams
If a design is not contingent, the "designer" didn't have any choice in the design, which rules it out being a design. A property that indicates design should exclude things that are non-contingent or naturally occurring to be useful.
Ruling out natural processes[edit]
The claim that any specified object cannot naturally occur is hard to establish with any certainty, unless we have direct experience of its design and manufacture. This is required for the deductive version of the argument from design.
The system could not have occurred by chance
Chance is sometimes discounted as the 747 Junkyard argument. However, to consider a system could have arisen either through chance or design is a false dilemma. Other processes may have been responsible. Chance or accidents are rarely, if ever, used as the entire explanation of an ordered system. Equating evolution with chance is a straw man argument, since it neglects the natural selection component of the theory.
The universe is obviously designed
- "Design implies Designer [13]"
- "would you agree that evidence for intelligent design in the universe would be evidence for a designer of the universe? [14]"
- "[This argument] is taken from the governance of the world.[15]"
- "All living things are exquisitely engineered or designed.[16]"
This considers design as an premise. This cannot be used in the design argument without begging the question (i.e. assuming the conclusion in the assumptions of an argument) since design implies a designer by definition.
Natural processes could not have done it
Unless evidence is presented why a naturalistic explanation is insufficient, this is an argument from ignorance. It is difficult to imagine what evidence could establish the conclusion that "natural processes could not have done it". If a naturally occurring system is ordered and there is no possible explanation from natural processes, this would be very curious. If there is no explanation for phenomena at this time, it may simply be we are not smart enough to discover it and future discoveries may change the situation. Because of this, science assumes every phenomena is explainable in terms of natural processes (i.e. materialism). To assert a phenomena is beyond explanation by natural processes at all is unscientific by definition. Arguments that are based on unexplainablity of phenomena are an argument from ignorance. The conclusion is on a most uncertain footing, which changes with new observations and each new scientific discoveries (God of the gaps).
Many versions of the design argument use living things as examples that have no explanation. However, Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection showed complexity of life could evolve over long time spans. Like the case of the origin of species, it is likely that many future observations will be inexplicable in an earlier time, only to be explained later.
It is possible that the physical constants do not vary independently and there is some process that determines what they are, although we are not smart enough to discover it. It is possible that the universe has no purpose, or it is based on a completely different purpose such as black hole production.[17]
May examples of beauty such as flowers can be explained by natural selection.
Irreducible complexity
Irreducible complexity is problematic as a measure of design because some natural structures exhibit irreducible complexity (such as a sea or wind arch). The earth has a solid core, which if "removed" would break the Earth's magnetic field which has the "function" of shielding us. The moon stabilises the spin of the Earth, and if removed, would break the spin axis of the Earth which has the "function" of regulating the seasons. The solar system contains the sun but if this were removed, it would break the solar system's "function" of giving the Earth a stable environment. Based on these examples, irreducible complexity naturally occurs and is an invalid indicator of design.
The idea of a "system" being "broken" is open to interpretation and tends to introduce anthropocentrism. Irreducible complexity ignores the possibility of a system being make useless for its original purpose but make more suitable for an alternative purpose. The is false to assume a biological system has a fixed purpose over its evolution.
Certain structures, such as the flagellar of cells, is supposedly irreducibly complex. [18] These examples are explainable by evolution because it acts by addition, removal, modification and re-purposing. To claim irreducible complexity can never arise from natural processes is to assume all natural processes are additive, which is false.
Specified complexity
William Dembski claims that many biological objects have specified complexity and do not occur naturally because of their improbability. The improbability of complexity claimed by Dembski ignores the possibility of gradual accumulation of complexity and he only considers randomly formed systems. Charles Darwin observed that biological changes can incrementally accrue over many generations and invalidates specified complexity as an indicator of design.
Multiple sources of order
The deductive argument claims either natural processes or design is the origin of order. However, this is a false dilemma: it is possible that both intelligent and natural processes were involved. If intelligence was involved, it may have played a small or negligible role. Perhaps the "designer" had very little choice in the design of the universe, constrained by unknown limitations. In that case, the design choices would not be contingent but rather forced to take the observed parameters.
Dissimilarity leads to a weak analogy[edit]
The analogical version of the argument from design depends on the similarity between objects being compared. A strong analogy between two objects that share many properties can result in a relatively reliable conclusion. However, analogies between objects that are drastically different only results in a guess or conjecture with very little certainty. These objections do not apply to the deductive version.
Difference in scale
Human design operates on relatively small objects in a relatively small time using limited materials and skill. The design argument is often applied to all life or the entire universe, both of which are vast, ancient and mind boggling in scope. Such a creator would require vast resources, knowledge and skill, making it quite unlike a human.
- "It is still more unreasonable to form our idea of so unlimited a cause from our experience of the narrow productions of human design and invention. [5]"
The design analogy compares the entire process of human design to the current and known states of the universe. However, we do not know enough about the early universe to compare the cosmic design process to human designing.
Creation from ex nihilo nothing
Humans design based on available resources while situated inside the universe. To create the universe from ex nihilo nothing while situated outside the universe and using unknown materials (as creationists assert) would likely require a very different designer and a very different design process.
According to Genesis 1:1-10 , God started with pre-existing materials and "created" by separating materials into various groups: "Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep". Therefore, God did not create ex nihilo.[19]
God says he is unlike anything else
God says he is unlike anything else Surah 42:11 Isaiah 40:25 , so any anology is going to be weak.
Sources of order[edit]
The deductive argument from design asserts that order (or any of the other alleged characteristic properties from design) came a finite set of possible sources. The sources are then eliminated until only design remains as an explanation. However, it is difficult to comprehensively list all possible sources, leading to a false dilemma, where the actual origin of order is ignored.
Chance by random sampling
Many versions of the argument from design, such as intelligent design, are false dilemmas between design and chance. In this context, chance means randomly assembled systems. Each attempted random system is independent of previous attempts (a process known as random sampling). However, no natural process is known to work in this fashion. The universe progressively changes with each state is a progression from the previous state. To compare natural processes to pure chance, as in the 747 Junkyard argument, is a straw man.
Natural processes
The design argument assumes that systems cannot self-organise. This is arguably false given the examples of evolution, crystal growth, planetary formation, ideas in a human mind (e.g. into a design), thermal convection patterns and in many other naturally occurring examples [20]. As mentioned previously, the 747 Junkyard argument is a straw man objection because it does not realistically consider how natural processes operate.
There may be universes other than our own. The collection of universes is called the multiverse. An designer is not required as an explanation if all possible universes exist. This would explain the alleged "fine tuning" of our universe: we exist in a universe that supports life (anthropic principle) but there exist other lifeless universes.
Indirect detection of primordial gravitational waves is evidence that the multiverse exists. [21] It is possible that the laws of physics in the other universes differ from our own universe. It is also possible that order in the universe was imported from the multiverse by inter-universe interactions.
Reproduction, similar to life
A living thing is a system that often seen to create another ordered system by reproduction. This process is more commonly seen than examples of design. Since order can originate from reproduction, the universe could also be the offspring of a similar universe. A theory of a reproducing universe was proposed by Lee Smolin and called cosmological natural selection or fecund universes. It speculates each universe produces other offspring universes with similar but not identical physical laws.
Also, we see intelligence arise from reproduction but we never see reproduction arise from human intelligence. Therefore, intelligence less likely than reproduction to be the ultimate source of order.
Instinct and non-brain based construction
Many animals instinctively construct systems such as a spider weaving a web. Therefore, order can also originate from instinct and not only rational thought. Also the web is created using dedicated organs (spinnerets), so a ordered system may originate from an organ other the brain.
An intelligent designer is a popular explanation for order in nature because it is appealing to human vanity, patternicity, over-sensitive agent detection and our tendency towards anthropomorphism.
Innate self-ordering property
It is often asserted that God is a self organising system. If it is possible that God is self organising (or necessarily existent), it is also possible that the universe also has this property and therefore does not require an external cause of order. The existence and properties of the universe may have been determined by some unknown physical constraints, implying the "design" of the universe was non-contingent.
Eternal order
The universe may have pre-existed the big bang in some form and order may have always existed. Considering entropy and the second law of thermodynamics, there would have to be an (as yet unknown) mechanism to reset or replenish this from time to time.
Chance, given infinite time
The 747 Junkyard argument claims that it would take an extremely long time for a complex system to form by chance. Our universe may have existed for an infinite time in many different forms and pre-date the apparent beginning of the big bang. A constantly changing system which is limited to finite states would very likely result in an ordered system, perhaps with the order limited to a local area, without any outside intervention. Various models of cosmology are compatible with this conjecture, including an oscillatory universe. However, this theory has become more problematic with the discovery of the accelerating universe which implies no limit for the maximum age of our universe.
Chance, if order emerges and self-propogates for infinity
Given a universe which is ancient (i.e. far older than the big bang suggest but not necessarily infinity old), it is possible for local order to spontaneously arise. This local order may self-propogate and maintain itself in its environment for an infinite time into the future. This does not require outside intervention. This is similar to the idea of ordered life arising from non-living materials (abiogenesis), which continues to self-propogate.
Oscillatory order and chaos
The universe may have the innate property of oscillating between order and chaos. It may eventually settle into one of these states or an intermediate state. This may explain the currently observed mixture of order and chaos. Entropy may increase for a time (described by the current model of thermodynamics) and than decrease (by an unknown process), which would maintain a mixture of order and disorder.
Unknown principles
It is possible that time came into existence at the moment of the big bang. For that reason, it may be meaningless to ask for a causal explanation for order in the universe because it is meaningless to ask when came "before the big bang". However, there may be a non-causal explanation.
We have imperfectly investigated part of the universe in the latter part of it's life (after the first fraction of a second after the big bang). Some processes have been discovered that only operated in earlier times, such as cosmic inflation. What other processes might operate in the early universe that are unknown to us? There is still great uncertainty about the physics of the grand unification epoch, which ended approximately 10−36 seconds after the Big Bang. Until we can simulate this environment or observe these phenomena, we cannot discount the possibility order was formed by natural processes in the early universe.
What caused the designer?[edit]
Based on the need for a cause of order, the argument from design concludes that a designer exists. This designer requires an explanation as much as the original order.
We may think this question is beyond our comprehension, or irrelevant since we have already established the existence of the designer. However, we may then consider the cause of order in the universe to be beyond our comprehension or not requiring an answer. It is a case of special pleading to ask for a cause in one case (order in the universe) and to not in the other (the designer).
The designer of the universe may be the product of design of a superior agent, and so on to infinity. This is called an infinite regress and is generally considered to be so absurd as to rule out the argument entirely. This possibility is difficult to discount by argument; the argument of an uncaused cause is similar in this respect. One approach is to assert that the designer does not require a cause or designer (this tactic is also used in the Kalam argument). Since this "non-caused", necessarily existent property is arbitrarily granted to the designer and the universe is arbitrarily assumed not to have this property, this argument is a form of special pleading.
To claim the designer does not require a cause because it is necessarily existent is also begging the question. The term necessarily existent only means "to not require a cause".
It is also possible that the designer came from natural processes (such as alien, non-divine designers), or the offspring from a pre-existing deity. We observe intelligence arises from reproduction but never the other way around.
Absurd implications of design argument[edit]
If the argument from design is accepted, it suggests conclusions that would be rejected by most theists.
Anthropomorphic implications of the argument
The analogical argument from design asserts the similarity between the ability of humans and God to design. This raises the issue of what other properties are shared between humans and God based on the alleged similarity.
When we experience a human intelligence, it is always accompanied with a human body, as well as other phenomena that co-occur with a mind. We would therefore expect a intelligent designer to have accompanying human attributes. This type of objection applies to all versions of the argument from design.
Given these points, it is likely that God has a physical body. Possibly the body of God is the universe itself, similar to the concept of Pantheism. Also, all designers we have experienced have a gender, a family, different phases of life, an eventual death, therefore God (or the Gods) also has these attributes.
Analogical difficulties
The analogical design argument states that, since the design of order is so complex, the designer must be proportioned to the scale of the work. God therefore exceeds humans in power. However, the analogy brings with it some less flattering implications. The universe and the phenomena are finite, therefore the designer of the universe is finite. An infinite god can never be demonstrated from finite phenomena. Immanuel Kant criticised all the physico-theological arguments, including the argument from design, saying:
- "The transcendental idea of a necessary and all-sufficient being is so immeasurably great, so high above all that is empirical, which is always conditioned, that we hope in vain to find materials in the sphere of experience sufficiently ample for our conception, and in vain seek the unconditioned among things that are conditioned, while examples, nay, even guidance is denied us by the laws of empirical synthesis. [...] This proof can at most, therefore, demonstrate the existence of an architect of the world, whose efforts are limited by the capabilities of the material with which he works, but not of a creator of the world [22]"
Argument from poor design
If the designer created the entire universe, we may assign praise and blame depending on the quality of the work. This is called the argument from poor design. The universe is filled with examples of poor and good design, needless suffering, natural disasters, uninhabitable areas of the Earth and the universe, both good and evil actions. Species often have vestigial organs and are prone to birth defects. Humans sometimes have wisdom teeth which do not fit into their jaw. The genetic information in all life contains a significant amount of junk DNA. Clearly, humans are not optimally designed. Therefore, the designer has either:
- both good and evil attributes (similar to manichaeism or polytheism), or
- is finite and somewhat incompetent, or
- is amoral (i.e. without morals)
To assert that God is entirely good and all powerful encounters the problem of evil: why does a supposedly good, powerful God not intervene and prevent evil? Evil exists and we must assign a cause; the argument from design implies God created good and evil.
"If we used [the universe] as our only clue, then I think we should have to conclude that He was a great artist (for the universe is a very beautiful place), but also that He is quite merciless and no friend to man (for the universe is a very dangerous and terrifying place)."
Apologists may argue that sub-optimal design is still design and therefore evidence.
- "sub-optimal design doesn't mean there's no design. In other words, even if you grant that something is not designed optimally, that doesn't mean it's not designed at all. Your car isn't designed optimally, yet it's still designed-it certainly wasn't put together by natural laws.[12]"
However, this evidence implies an incompetent God, which usually disproves their particular theistic view.
Commonality in design implies a finite God
There are certain biological structures that are common to many species, such as the structure of the eye, or having four limbs, or having a back bone. An infinitely powerful designer who aimed to produce an optimal design for each species would tend to produce a unique solution for each problem and not reuse the same design repeatedly.
- "The oft-repeated claim of the antievolutionists that "intelligent causes can generate identical patterns independently" provides no basis whatsoever for understanding why God would reuse the same genetic instructions in different organisms.[23]"
- "We can argue that the similarities are actually evidence for a common Designer. Why wouldn't God create living things using similar principles? After all, an artist or builder will often create different works with a similar design.[24]"
- "An intelligent cause may reuse or redeploy the same module in different systems, without there necessarily being any material or physical connection between those systems. Even more simply, intelligent causes can generate identical patterns independently.[25]"
Reusing the same design is only beneficial to save resources, which an infinite God would not need to do.
Comparison with humans degrades God
David Hume argued, probably with some irony, that:
- "I was from the beginning scandalised, I must own, with this resemblance, which is asserted, between the Deity and human creatures; and must conceive it to imply such a degradation of the Supreme Being as no sound Theist could endure. [5]"
Design as a explanation[edit]
The argument from design does not necessarily support a divine designer or any particular religion. The argument from design has been used by multiple religions to argue for the existence of God and is therefore a broken compass argument. A confirmation of one monotheistic God would rule out the existent any other God or Gods. Even if we assume the designer is divine, we do not know which God was responsible for the design.
To explain order the universe that may not have arisen "by chance" by positing an God that is even more improbable to occur by chance is absurd (due to God's higher complexity in his infinite knowledge). Richard Dawkins called God the "Ultimate 747" in an attempt to subvert the 747 Junkyard argument. Some believers counter this by asserting divine simplicity, although that seems incompatible with a knowledgeable God that is capable of design.
What is the designer like?
The explanation of a designer has limited explanatory value. The deductive argument from design establishes no properties of the designer and gives us no insight into the design process. The analogical version weakly suggests the designer is somewhat like a human designer but the extent of that cannot be verified. Without further evidence and many possible types of designer, we cannot confidently assert that the designer is divine.
A designer candidate of life on Earth is non-divine, extraterrestrial aliens. This has been widely discussed and depicted in fiction but there is little evidence to support or rule out this possibility.
The entire universe may be a simulated reality that exists in a vast computer and created by a non-divine entity. This possibility has been considered by physicists [26] and has often been featured in fiction, such as in the novels by Douglas Adams and the sci-fi movie series "The Matrix".
If there is a designer, our universe may have been one of many universes that were designed but there were many botched designs and failed universes before the current design was found. In that case, the designer is not worthy of much admiration. Along similar lines, the universe could be:
- the product of an infant or subordinate God which he then abandoned, being ashamed of it,
- the work of an ancient God who has since died and the universe had continued without further intervention.
For large projects, humans usually attempt to work in teams. Therefore it is likely that a vast project such as the design of the universe would require multiple designers. This is more likely than a single creator, since we have no experience of a single entity that is powerful enough to undertake the entire work. This idea is accepted by many polytheistic religions.
Atheists believe in an alien designer
- "Why do evolutionists/secularists/humanists/non-God believing people reject the idea of their being a creator God but embrace the concept of intelligent design from aliens or other extra-terestrial [sic] sources?[27]"
It is not that atheists believe aliens created life (in fact hardly any do), but that this explanation is at least as valid as the hypothesis that God created life. For this reason, theists may not use an argument from ignorance to explain apparent order in the universe.
Related Arguments[edit]
- Fine-tuning argument - an argument from design that focuses on physical constants being suitable for life.
- Why is there something rather than nothing?
- Intelligent Design - an argument from design that focuses on properties of living things that allegedly cannot occur naturally.
- Uncaused cause - instead of asking why caused the existence of everything, the design argument asks what caused order in everything.
- Laminin argument - arguing that evidence exists of a designer's personal signature or hallmark.
- Argument from scriptural inerrancy - argues that a holy book has the characteristics of a divine author
- Argument from uniqueness - argues that a religion was designed by a perfect God.
- Observations fit abiogenesis better than a designer God
- ↑ Institute for Creation Research, God's Design Is an Engineering Wonder [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Matt Stopera, 22 Messages From Creationists To People Who Believe In Evolution, Buzzfeed, February 5, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Teleological Arguments for God's Existence, published Jun 10, 2005; revised Oct 3, 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
- ↑ Michael Shermer, "Patternicity: Finding Meaningful Patterns in Meaningless Noise", Scientific American, Dec 2008.
- ↑ William A. Dembski, "No Free Lunch: Why Specified Complexity Cannot Be Purchased Without Intelligence", 2002, p. 111
- ↑ William A. Dembski, "No Free Lunch: Why Specified Complexity Cannot Be Purchased Without Intelligence", 2002, p. 66
- ↑ "Why Intelligent Design Fails: A Scientific Critique of the New Creationism", edited by Matt Young, Taner Edis, 2004
- ↑ Thomas D. Schneider, Dissecting Dembski's "Complex Specified Information", Updated 2008 Dec 01 [3]
- ↑ Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution, Michael Behe, 1996, quoted in Irreducible Complexity and Michael Behe (retrieved 8 January 2006)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ [5]
- ↑ [6]
- ↑ [7]
- ↑ [8]
- ↑ Scott A. Minnich & Stephen C. Meyer, "Genetic analysis of coordinate flagellar and type III regulatory circuits in pathogenic Bacteria," in Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Design & Nature, Rhodes Greece (2004). [9]
- ↑ Richard Carrier, On the Historicity of Jesus, 2014
- ↑ Wikipedia, Self-organization [10]
- ↑ Lisa Grossman, Multiverse gets real with glimpse of big bang ripples, New Scientist, 18 March 2014 [11]
- ↑ Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason [12]
- ↑ Karl W. Giberson, Saving the Original Sinner: How Christians Have Used the Bible's First Man to Oppress, Inspire, and Make Sense of the World, 2016
- ↑ [13]
- ↑ Paul Nelson and Jonathan Wells, "Homology in Biology," in Darwinism, Design, and Public Education, pg. 316
- ↑ New York Times, Is the Universe a Simulation?, Feb 14, 2014 [14]
- ↑ Matt Stopera, 22 Messages From Creationists To People Who Believe In Evolution, Buzzfeed, February 5, 2014


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NHL Player Goes Back to School to Keep an Edge
Instead of facing off against the Red Wings, Bruins or Penguins, professional hockey player Matt Martin spent the past few months hitting the ice on campus.
During the National Hockey League lockout, the New York Islander returned to his native Windsor, Ontario, and stayed active by skating with the University of Windsor's hockey team. The ice time with the students wasn't as physical as life in the NHL, but Mr. Martin was able to keep up his stickhandling and skating skills with the college team. "They let me work out and skate every day. It was just nice to be involved with practices and get that up-tempo feel," he said.
As a left wing for the Islanders, the 23-year-old is one of three offensive players on the ice. His role is to establish a physical presence on both ends of the ice. At 6 feet 3, 205 pounds, he proved himself worthy of the task by dealing out 374 hits and establishing a new NHL record last year.
When the NHL ended its lockout on Jan. 12 and announced the 2013 season would start a week later, what Mr. Martin did during his time off suddenly became more important than ever.
They had just a six-day training camp to prepare for the season, having not played a game since April 7. And this year's 48-game condensed schedule will be equal parts sprint and grind. Fortunately, he has prepared for both.
He augmented his skating sessions with the Windsor team by adhering to an off-season workout prescribed by the Islanders' director of sports performance, Sean Donellan. His focuses included working on leg strength and speed. At the end of the season, they "tell us what to improve and put together a program for us," said Mr. Martin.
He also played in several charity games in the U.S. and Canada, which helped him with the mental challenges of the long layoff. The exhibitions' participants included some NHL veterans of prior lockouts, who offered advice. They "told me to not get too high or too low mentally and continue working on the things you need to and just be ready for when the season starts."
The team faces an uphill battle in 2013, having last qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs in the 2006-2007 season and having last won it in 1983.
The Workout
As part of the pregame preparation, the team watches video of an opponent's power plays and penalty kills, and then the players practice against those techniques on ice. On-ice sprints, as well as off, and drills designed to build transitional speed and quick first steps are integral.
In the weight room, the emphasis is on building strength and power. Two cornerstones of the Islanders' workout are the bench press for the upper body and squats for lower-body strength.
Mr. Martin's weight routine includes the dead lift and the squat, as well as the overhead Bulgarian squat. For that, he'll maintain one leg extended and slightly elevated behind his body, while squatting with an overhead weight. "Those exercises not only build strength, but correct neuromuscular imbalances to improve speed," said Mr. Donellan.
To prepare for fights on the ice, Mr. Martin has a boxing coach in Windsor who trains him on the mechanics of throwing and eluding punches. He regularly works the speed bag for technique and conditioning.
Mr. Martin also focuses extensively on his skating technique. Video coach Matt Bertani will break down his form on film and the two will work on drills for improvement. In a recent practice, Mr. Martin worked with Mr. Bertani on what is known as an edge drill. The two placed a pair of gloves down on center ice, and Mr. Martin executed tight, figure-eight turns while shifting weight between inside and outer skates.
He runs to maintain his fitness, but it usually involves sprinting. "We're not really long-distance athletes, we're on the ice for 45 seconds and then we're off. It's not in our programs," he said.
The Diet
Mr. Martin sticks to a diet that will maintain his body mass while not overloading it. He avoids white bread, while loading up on whole wheat as well as brown rice.
"I just try to eat as clean as possible and eat a lot of chicken, steak and fish."
It's important to refuel after the depletion that comes from the demands of a hockey game. "If you're not getting enough fuel, you're going to wear out."
The Gear
Players are typically sponsored by companies. Mr. Martin, who shoots left-handed, uses a Warrior Widow hockey stick, which costs in the range of $115 to $130. He wears an Easton E400 helmet, which costs from $70 to $100. He wears $800 Bauer Supreme TotalOne skates. The CCM shoulder pads he wears range from $85 to $150 and his Warrior Franchise hockey gloves can cost as much as $225. His Warrior Franchise hockey pants range around $190. He wears skate guards for added foot protection, which cost about $80 pair.
The Challenges of a Post-Lockout NHL Season
The New York Islanders face unique challenges for the 2013 season after the long lockout, said Sean Donellan, the team's director of sports performance.
Here are some issues the players will confront:
Short recovery time. The Islanders will play roughly every two days this season, compared with every 2.2 days in 2011-2012. Although seemingly nominal, the difference will quickly add up. Proper recovery will be essential, particularly in maintaining hydration. Mr. Donellan has the players weighed every day they practice or play to make sure they aren't dehydrated, he said. "You don't want a situation where every day they're coming in a half pound lighter."
Little preseason preparation. Hockey is a uniquely taxing sport to prepare for, even with a full training camp. "It's a high intensity, intermittent exercise sport, similar to basketball, but the physical nature adds more elements, like football."
Lack of extensive base-line testing. This year Mr. Donellan will be limited in some of the base-line preseason testing that is especially critical to hockey. These involve physical assessments to help identify imbalances, particularly in players' hips, that can be corrected through the team's in-season programs. "The human body wasn't meant to skate," Mr. Donellan said. "Because of the specificity of the skating mechanics, we have to identify specific imbalances and attack those imbalances off the ice." Players will do exercises as simple as leg raises with weight to more specific exercises tailored to their individual musculoskeletal profile.
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Times columnist Helene Elliott rates the pluses and minuses in the NHL from the previous week:
+ Chicago wing Patrick Kane is giving Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby a good challenge for the scoring title. Kane's assist Sunday in the Blackhawks' 3-1 victory over the Kings extended his point streak to nine games and 21 of his last 22. Through Sunday's games he had 19 goals and 45 points, one point behind Crosby.
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- Home cooking isn't helping the New York Rangers much these days. They lost the first four games of a nine-game homestand before they rallied for a shootout victory over Calgary on Sunday. They also lost forward Ryan Callahan for four to six weeks because of a knee sprain. Double ouch.
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2012: Did not play baseball.
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