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Why do people call natural forces 'blind'?

Asked by FireMadeFlesh (16593points) March 12th, 2010

Creationists like to call Evolution a blind process, I guess in a derogatory manner designed to contrast it to their so called intelligent agent. The use of the term is not restricted to origins debates though, it seems whenever people think that scientific laws cannot solely be responsible for a particular phenomena they call said laws ‘blind’.

How does this reflect on our collective perception? To my way of thinking, blind scientific laws are a far more credible proposition than imagining a conscious entity to cause a phenomenon. Do people really place more value on the idea of a homunculus than natural law?

I really don’t want this discussion to revolve around creation vs. evolution, that is just a convenient example. Thanks.

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Captain_Fantasy's avatar

Creationists don’t like the idea of anything randomly occurring.
To them an unmoderated process lacks a driving vision and therefore must be blind.

Fred931's avatar

They say that Lady Justice is blind. This means that “she” is impartial to everybody and everything. The same goes for natural occurrences, as they cannot choose a side or preference.

ninjacolin's avatar

blind in the sense of favoritism or choice of victim/subject. without will.

Coloma's avatar

The blind leading the blind then? lol

davidbetterman's avatar

The clouds rain on us all, good bad and ugly.

davidbetterman's avatar

Why do people call natural forces ‘blind’?

If you can’t figure it out then you should go sit down and take a breather.

FireMadeFlesh's avatar

@davidbetterman Good advice. I’ll give Fluther a break for a moment till I’m thinking clearly again.

Rarebear's avatar

Heck, I’m a Neodarwinist and I think evolution is blind. If a Creationist said that to me, I’d say, “Of course it is.”

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