Darwin v. Photoshop Tennis

February 25, 2008 by Dr. Mc.

There is an online game called
Photoshop Tennis, which
illustrates some valuable points about evolution. The game works basically like
this: A pictures is posted by someone, and others doctor the picture
slightly(?), one after another, using Adobe Photoshop. The results are sometimes
interesting, thoughtful, or funny. Darwin
himself made an appearance, in honor of his 199th birthday, but that one,
because of its strongly understood theme, is not typical of the works found at
Photoshop Tennis. That "theme" even seemed to some to require mention of the
Bible. The underlying concept has an obvious parallel with Darwinian evolution,
in that each picture is only slightly altered, and eventually major change has
taken place. But there are non-parallels, which may not be as obvious. Take for
instance Black & White or how about Mutant Fish.
First, the changes, no matter how slight, are not truly random. No one would
believe that the added person or bird or whatever in a picture is the result of
random digits dropped in. For one thing, they are recognizable. (They have
information.) All are obviously intentional and intended by someone exactly
where they are placed. Intelligence is required, regardless of how weird, or it
couldn’t happen. Second, the additions each take the picture into a new
direction. The more additions, the more bizarre and less meaningful the picture
becomes. For information to accumulate in a meaningful way, with any semblance
of direction, intelligence is not enough. There must be a united or integral
intelligence. In other words, one intelligent designer. This conclusion does not
require the Bible, just logic.

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