Isn’t science proof that the universe is the product of a thinking being?

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[–]IMissPorn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

But why should we expect the universe to behave in reasonable ways if nothing reasonable caused it?

Because it does. (Mostly, don't get me started about quantum physics though)

Not having two universes with known origins to compare, your hypothesis about how this would affect their behavior is untestable I'm afraid.

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So if you compiled a bunch of random symbols in a text file, and it compiled into an advanced AI program, you wouldn’t think a programmer wrote it? As a rational, non empirical, conclusion?

[–]IMissPorn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No? But I'm not sure I follow you. You just said it was random. Obviously if I know it's random I would not think a programmer wrote it.

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So it compiles perfectly with no error, then you say an AI wrote it. Then I ask, what wrote that? Then you say another AI. And we go on and on…

Eventually you will say that either the AI just exists or a thinking being wrote it.