Tim – Uncommon Descent

Biology General interest Natural selection

Counting Dogs

Recently, Mark Frank and I had a brief dialogue in the OP,“Didn’t everyone already know this about dogs?” I’ve decided to clean it up a bit and re-post it because after my last question, I received no responses. At the outset, I would like to say that I place no blame about lack of responses Read More…

Comp. Sci. / Eng. Culture Evolution Just For Fun Philosophy

Dino’s Whiplash

A short article in the popular press reports that certain sauropods with long necks could not have held those necks upright. I read the article, leaned back in my chair and did a lot of serious thinking. . .

Comp. Sci. / Eng. Intelligent Design

AI, Materialist Dodgeball and a Place at the Table

Ari N. Schulman, “Why Minds Are Not Like Computers,” The New Atlantis, Number 23, Winter 2009, pp. 46-68. Article Review “The problem, therefore, is not merely that science is being used illegitimately to promote a materialistic worldview, but that this worldview is actively undermining scientific inquiry.”—UncommonDescent Read the entire article here. Unless otherwise noted, all Read More…

relatd ID, as a foundation, can, and often does, lead to other things. ID as nothing more than 'science' is just... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
bornagain77 Several people on this thread have tried to distance ID from the clear theological implications inherent from the empirical evidence.... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
Silver Asiatic FH Some time ago I wrote about the problem of random effects of environment on niches. You replied by saying... – How could we test universal common...
Fred Hickson you proposed “guided niches”. That refutes a blind, unguided process.I certainly proposed the niche's role as the non-random source for... – How could we test universal common...
relatd SA at 98, So ID helps people with nothing? This is just a restatement of the old 'science is over... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
relatd What? What is your 300 B.C. idea based on? There is no such thing as repurposed. Any invention requires a... – At Evolution News: Natural Machinery Operates...
Fred Hickson @ Jerry. That was my exact point. Molecular phylogenetics was already an active and fruitful area of research in 1998... – How could we test universal common...
Silver Asiatic Relatd Do you honestly believe that actual people stop at ‘nothing more’? If they discover that ID is correct and... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
ycrad Thank you so much, Denyse, for your so dedicated work (a tremendous service). Your contribution is immeasurable and will remain... – Eric Hedin is the new News...
relatd SA, "ID is just a scientific project – nothing more." Do you honestly believe that actual people stop at 'nothing... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
asauber My take: 1. ID says something about the Great Designer. That's why Evolutionists hate it so much. 2. ID is... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
Silver Asiatic SA: As it stands, you’re supporting what ET said – there are no known naturalistic (blind, unguided) mechanisms to support... – How could we test universal common...
Silver Asiatic BA77 I'm willing to accept that your version of ID is theological. It seems that Stephen C. Meyer's version is.... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
jerry Where did Jerry look, I wonder No serious person would present what you presented. A paper in 1998 which meant... – How could we test universal common...
Silver Asiatic BA77 SA, to put it mildly and politely, your, (and ChuckyD’s), grasp of the actual science at hand is questionable... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
Silver Asiatic Jerry It is science plus something else, namely a lot of logic All science requires logic. ID is science. It... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
bornagain77 SA, to put it mildly and politely, your, (and ChuckyD's), grasp of the actual science at hand is questionable at... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
Silver Asiatic JH Evolution requires a source of heritable variation. Through empirical observation, ID shows that source to be intelligence. Evolution claims... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
bornagain77 Jerry at 85 denies that he argues for Deism and then proceeds to argue for Deism. Over and out. – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
Silver Asiatic CD Meyer’s position on deism is motivated reasoning at its worst. Agreed. It's a big mistake, completely illogical and makes... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
JHolo SA: ID is a scientific project. It doesn’t tell us about the nature of God. That’s strange, because every other... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...