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1. Paley imagines coming across a stone and watch on the ground and being asked how each happened to get there. How does Paley imagine answering the question? Why does he give a different answer regarding the stone and the watch?
2. Explain Paley’s argument for intelligent design. Is the argument compelling? Why or why not?
3. Using the watchmaker argument, Paley concludes that the universe was created by an intelligent designer, or God. Some contemporary philosophers have argued that it is possible that we are living in a simulation, like the characters in the science fiction film “The Matrix.” Could Paley’s argument be used to defend the conclusion that we are living in a simulation created by an intelligent simulation designer? Would this be more or less plausible than the view that the universe was created by God? Defend your answer.