David Coppedge – Uncommon Descent

Jumping to Design Conclusions

An archaeologist has been studying stone spheres in Costa Rica and has concluded they were designed. According to PhysOrg, he doesn’t know who made the spheres, when they were made, or why they were made. Why is he jumping to a conclusion of intelligent design? He should be considering natural explanations. There are plenty of Read More…

Darwinism Human evolution Neuroscience Philosophy Psychology Science

Freud down, Darwin next?

Sigmund Freud had immeasurable impact on modern culture. Along with Marx and Darwin, he was one of the great modern thinkers, whose “science” of psychology and treatment, psychoanalysis, defined modern concepts of human nature for generations. His theories (based largely on Darwinism) brought new words into popular vocabulary–id, ego, super-ego, the unconscious. His ideas influenced Read More…

Intelligent Design

ID Found in DNA

Researchers at Brigham Young University shaped DNA strands into the letters BYU, reported Live Science. Let’s have a little fun with this clever achievement (an indisputable case of intelligent design) with some thought experiments that make use of ID reasoning. Suppose instead of forming the DNA into letter shapes, they used a code with the Read More…

Evolution Intelligent Design Irreducible Complexity

Debating in an Echo Chamber

Monash University issued a press release yesterday about its contributors to a recent PNAS paper that claimed to refute irreducible complexity (IC). The release declared victory for Darwin, stating that “Our work … shows that Darwin’s theory of evolution beautifully explains how molecular machines came to be.” PhysOrg dutifully echoed this announcement without contest. Casual Read More…

Darwinism Evolution Intelligent Design Media Video

Cambrian Explosion Caught on Film

Illustra’s new film “Darwin’s Dilemma” delivers a knockout punch to Darwinism on Sept. 15. Darwin has tried to dodge the Cambrian explosion for 150 years; how can he survive this?

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ET JVL: The first thing an archaeologist looks for when considering an object that may or may not be intelligently designed... – The smog is beginning to clear...
JVL ET: That has nothing to do with whether or not said object was intelligently designed or not. Absolutely it does!... – The smog is beginning to clear...
ET Also, natural selection is a process of elimination. There isn't any selecting going on. And yes, there is a huge... – Behe's First Rule Writ Large
kairosfocus F/N: On the safety narrative, I note this study published 21st as medrxiv: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.16.20155531v3 >>Safety of Hydroxychloroquine among Outpatient Clinical... – The Frontline Doctors put some "plausible"...
ET Yes Bob O'H, I understand that you have issues with reality. The fact remains that your position doesn't even have... – Behe's First Rule Writ Large
kairosfocus Jerry, the current magisterium is as unknowingly doomed as were the European Aristocracy c May 1914. they and their designated... – The Frontline Doctors put some "plausible"...
john_a_designer There is no doubt that the typical modern-secular progressive accepts some form of Darwinism or Neo-Darwinism without question. However, this... – Michael Egnor: Darwinism as Hegel’s philosophy...
Truthfreedom 2 Upright Biped Like you (Seversky) for instance, whose interest is not in the pursuit of understanding reality, but in... – Michael Egnor: Darwinism as Hegel’s philosophy...
Bob O'H Or someone not taking your comments seriously. – Behe's First Rule Writ Large
William J Murray God and the Afterlife: Latest Findings from the Largest NDE Study Ever Reported https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfiwd2PzXvw He actually talks very little about... – Can logic or evidence help you...
ET Darwinism, ie blind watchmaker evolution, is a useless heuristic. And it appears that no one knows how to test its... – Michael Egnor: Darwinism as Hegel’s philosophy...
jerry Kf, History is going to judge us harshly, for cause. Depends on who will write the history. That is what... – The Frontline Doctors put some "plausible"...
john_a_designer The agenda of the contemporary secular progressive I think can be understood by three terms they like to use rhetorically:... – Michael Egnor: Darwinism as Hegel’s philosophy...
ET Does anyone (else) have any issues understanding the following: The rights of the mother, as an individual, end when she... – Scientific American doubles down on all...
ET You are a liar, Bob O'H- or a fool. – Behe's First Rule Writ Large
Bob O'H Oh, we do, ET. But we hide that away in the Really Dark Web. – Behe's First Rule Writ Large
ET JVL: But you haven’t ever been able to answer the most important question regarding what does an archaeologist consider when... – The smog is beginning to clear...
bornagain77 WJM "It seems to me that a lot of the information we have coming from the afterlife (and there is... – Does a cosmopsychist believe in life...
ET Yes, there is a physical BASIS for the consciousness of PHYSICAL beings. So what? That doesn't mean consciousness is reducible... – Can logic or evidence help you...