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    Crick's earlier warning to biologists would have been poi... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Premise (5) is not particularly controversial.

    Crick's earlier warning to biologists would have been pointless were there no temptation toward design attributions.

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    First, how are we to assess the premises required by this schema? Premise (5), at least, is not particularly controversial even now. Crick’s earlier warning to biologists would have been pointless were there no temptation toward design attributions, and even as implacable a contemporary opponent of design arguments as Richard Dawkins characterized biology as:

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