As part of his critique of the design argument, Hume claims that the universe resembles an animal as much as it does a machine.

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Hume argues that if we are to draw analogies between the universe and human artifacts to infer a designer, then the universe could as much resemble an organic being (like an animal) as it does a machine, challenging the specificity of the design argument's analogy.

As Part of His Critique of the Design Argument, Hume