The design argument's analogical inference is weakened, not strengthened, by extending the human artifact analogy to include collaborative creation, since the analogy already fails at the cosmic scale.

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Analogical inference(the main subject of the philosophical statement): A type of reasoning where you conclude that if two things are similar in some ways, they're probably similar in other ways too—like arguing that because a new smartphone is like the previous model in design, it probably works similarly.
Cosmic scale(as used in cosmology and philosophy): The enormously large size and complexity of the entire universe, as opposed to small, human-sized objects we can observe directly.
analogy(Contrasted with homology, which concerns correspondence due to common ancestry.): A relation based on functional similarity between structures, which can occur despite different evolutionary origins.
design argument(Natural theology, 17th–18th century): An a posteriori argument that infers the existence of a divine designer from observed features of nature, such as its orderly and elegant physical laws

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