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Letter: Like bugs

Published 17 June 2009

From Stephen Roots

David Attenborough uses the example of termites working blindly in a nest to illustrate that humans may also lack a sensory mechanism – the one they need to perceive a creator (16 May, p 28). However, should the termites sense him, there is no reason why they would impute him to be their creator, and scientific observers would know for sure he was not.

Still, I believe most atheists would agree that there may exist vastly more intelligent life forms outside our human termite nest, of which we remain unaware.

Heworth, North Yorkshire, UK

Issue no. 2713 published 20 June 2009

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