Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 552
THE 'BLIND WATCHMAKER' WHO IS ALSO DEAF AND DUMB paper, we find it hard to imagine a little animal doing it in its head. ". Speaking of the complexities of similar but less complex man-made machines, he observes: "Of course, a sophisticated conscious brain did the wiring up (or at least designed the wiring diagram), but no conscious brain is involved in the moment-tomoment working of the box. ” ". . . our experience of technology also prepares us to see the mind of a conscious and purposeful designer in the genesis of sophisticated machinery. ". From here the conclusive absurdity begins because he claims that the designer is the unconscious natural selection, the blind watchmaker. Regarding the impossibility of a blind know-nothing Darwinian principle having created the living wonder of the bats' auditory system, he addresses the question: 'How could an organ so complex evolve?'. The answer he gives is: 'This is not an argument, it is simply an affirmation of incredulity. ". If Dawkins is told that the 64 kilobyte computer he claims to have worked upon is not the creation of a conscious mind nor does it have any design whatsoever, will he readily agree with the suggestion? He will certainly not, despite the fact that his elementary computer is far less complicated than a bats' auditory system. . If he refuses to agree with the suggestion that any computer could have been built without a competent conscious designer, he must honestly examine himself to discover the reason for his refusal to believe in a creator of life. The only answer he can find will be that he does so 518