Is Intelligent Design About the Hierarchy of Information in the Universe?

[SF]

I'm quoting from here: http://www.arn.org/blogs/index.php/2/2006/07/16/lstrongglemgwhy_is_tech_guru_george_gild_1

Gilder makes the key point that intelligent design is not about introducing ideas about the supernatural. It simply insists that the cosmos is hierarchical. That is, information comes from the top down, not the bottom up.

In itself, intelligent design - while anti-materialist, of course - does not require assumptions about the supernatural. It is a statement about how the universe actually works, what it actually is in itself. That is, the universe is top down, not bottom up. Ideas come first and are not generated by matter. Rather ideas either generate or govern matter.

Then, here:
http://www.arn.org/blogs/index.php/2/2006/07/16/lstrongglemgwhy_is_tech_guru_george_gild

Gilder ends by pointing out that we do not currently have satisfactory explanations for key phenomena like human consciousness, and Darwinism is not on the road to offering any. He quotes Nobel-laureate physicist Robert Laughlin of Stanford: "The Darwinian theory has become an all-purpose obstacle to thought rather than an enabler of scientific advance."

He closes with the reflection that the word, information, is the primary fact of nature, not matter, adding, "Superior even to the word are the mind and the meaning, the will and the way. Intelligent people bow their heads before this higher power, which still remains inexorably beyond the reach of science."

what is this? science? quackery?

 

[Evo]

It's quackery. George Gilder is a member of the Intelligent Design "Discovery Institute". I wouldn't give you 2 cents for anything that comes out of his mouth, his agenda is to push Intelligent Design.

http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&isFellow=true&id=10

 

[ravenprp]

The content being quoted here is discussing the concept of intelligent design and its relationship to the hierarchy of information in the universe. The author, George Gilder, argues that intelligent design is not about introducing ideas about the supernatural, but rather about understanding the hierarchical nature of information in the universe. This means that ideas come from the top down, rather than being generated by matter. Gilder also points out that Darwinism, as a theory, does not offer satisfactory explanations for certain phenomena such as human consciousness. He quotes a Nobel-laureate physicist who states that Darwinism has become an obstacle to scientific thought. Gilder concludes by stating that the word "information" is the primary fact of nature, and that the mind and meaning are superior to this concept. This quote raises questions about the validity of intelligent design and its place in the scientific community. Some may view it as quackery, while others may see it as a valid perspective on the nature of the universe. Ultimately, the interpretation of this content is up to the individual reader and their beliefs and understanding of science.