On evolution ...

From Jim Manzi on The Daily Dish:

The theory of evolution, then, has not eliminated the problems of ultimate origins and ultimate purpose with respect to the development of organisms; it has ignored them. These problems are defined as non-scientific questions, not because we don’t care about the answers, but because attempting to solve them would impede practical progress. Accepting evolution, therefore, requires neither the denial of a Creator nor the loss of the idea of ultimate purpose. It resolves neither issue for us one way or the other.

The article is the ultimate in geek, combining philosophy with logic and mathematical theory, not an simple read, but if you can follow the details it is a fascinating support on why and how that the existence of science does not preclude the existence of the Divine, in particular a Universal Creator.

This is based on Robert Wright's book Evolution of God which I have yet to read, although I am compelled by. I suppose there is an extension to Manzi's application of Genetic Algorithms to how the human creature continues to refine its understanding and definition of God over the ages. Where the sciences may have Genetic Algorithms, in philosophy we may have the Socratic Method ... a narrowing down of possibilities through questioning, examination and evaluation.