but seeing it again after a commenter shared a link to it<\/a>, it struck me in a new way. Read the comic, then see my thoughts below it\u2026<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/conspiracy_theories.png\")
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The Intelligent Design movement, like young-earth creationism, mythicism, moon landing hoaxers, 9\/11 conspiracy theorists and so many others, illustrate the way that even intelligent people are prone to self-deception.<\/p>\n
It is a glitch in our reasoning process.<\/p>\n
Doesn\u2019t the very glitchy thinking evidenced by proponents of Intelligent Design undermine the argument that we are intelligently designed \u2013 or at least, that we are perfectly<\/em> designed?<\/p>\nAfter all, why would an intelligent designer make us so susceptible to self-deception, especially with regard to arguments about a designer?<\/p>\n
Wouldn\u2019t an intelligent (even if imperfect) designer have left a hotline number to allow us to report such bugs?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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