I know I really shouldn’t take this bait, but…no one has proof either way. That said, we have a massive amount of scientific evidence that shows it could have naturally evolved and zero evidence that something created us. Finding something that we don’t understand doesn’t mean we have evidence of creation. Ancient civilizations believed that rain came from the gods because they were unaware of how weather combines with the phases of matter and creates atmospheric condensation.

That being the state of things at the moment, I lean towards the evidence. Also, this is a scientific oriented discussion forum, so you must expect that many people here are going to disagree with you. Could you be correct? Sure, but we just don’t have reason to believe that at this point.

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myflash13 8 months ago | parent | next [-]

> we have a massive amount of scientific evidence that shows it could have naturally evolved

Define “naturally”. However you define it, that is precisely what some people call “divinely”.

	▲	IAmGraydon 8 months ago \| parent [-]
		By naturally I mean without the influence of an external higher intelligence/god/divine being.

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luqtas 8 months ago | parent | prev [-]

yeah but what if the creators of life orchestrate the condensation? /s

the amount of text (considering this is a hardware/software community) i read here defending psychoanalys/acupuncture & the likes as well some opinions on ecology/nutrition makes me pretty agnostic of scientific orientation from users... we are (most of the times) just a bunch of laypersons often only reading titles & conclusions of most papers we read

	▲	IAmGraydon 8 months ago \| parent [-]
		Up until the last few years, opinions not supported by science would be quickly down voted to nonexistence on Hacker News. The discourse remained high level enough to dissuade people who don't know what they're talking about from participating. Something has unfortunately changed recently. I have my thoughts on what is causing this, but one thing is for sure - Dang's job has gotten exponentially more difficult in recent years if he wants HN to remain a bastion of elevated discussion on the internet.