Comprehensibility of the universe

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A conversation on a [post?]-Christian civilisation and the impact of the design inference on evidence

Peter Robinson’s Uncommon Knowledge brings three authors together, Tom Holland, Stephen Meyer and Douglas Murray: A key consideration: vs, this notorious poetic assertion: Of course, both of these reflect the rise of the skeptical mindset among the educated elites, the modern inferior good that stands in for the cardinal virtue, prudence. So, we cannot escape Read More…

Comprehensibility of the universe Conservation of Information Emergentism UD Guest Posts

Origenes: “The Emergence of Emergentism: A Play for Two Actors”

The stage is in darkness, with sombre mood music, then light rises . . . Origenes, 226 in the Pregnancy thread: <<Two desperate naturalists in a room. A: “I feel completely desperate. There is no way we will ever be able to explain life and consciousness.”B: “I feel the exact same way. The main issue Read More…

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L&FP, 56: Can we invent or define a nine-sided hexagon?

One of the many fundamental errors of nominalism is to confuse labels with logic of being substance. To clarify the matter, let us ponder: As was noted in the ongoing defending thread: KF, 839: As a start point for rethinking, please, show us a nine sided hexagon. (What, you can’t, isn’t the term hexagon just Read More…

Astronomy Comprehensibility of the universe

How Can Black Holes Point to the Creator?

Astrophysicist Jeff Zweerink reminds us that the theoretical prediction of black holes and their subsequent discovery highlights the comprehensibility of the universe by human minds–even relating to phenomena far beyond anything in our experience.

bornagain77 Levin highlights the complete failure of the 'bottom-up' approaches of Darwinian materialism to provide any coherent explanation for how the... – Bioelectric code gains new recognition as...
kairosfocus AF & circle, namedropping particular structural patterns that are part of protein folding does not avert the obvious metastability, barrier... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
martin_r KF @222 CR, replication requires materials and components, properly arranged, oriented and coupled; You know what any replication requires? THE... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Alan Fox Similarly, the “G-code” in CNC machines, perhaps created from a DXF file, bears absolutely zero resemblance to the finished part,... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
Alan Fox ...more energetically stable but obviously non functional structure.Beta sheet conformation occurs in functional proteins. – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
Alan Fox @ KF Both alpha helix and beta sheet are common conformations in protein structure that emerge from the precise sequence... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
kairosfocus OA94, GIGO is excellent here, in this case, ideological variant. KF – Joseph Miller: ChatGPT Still Can’t Process...
kairosfocus AF & circle, prions. The cascade of propagating misfolding suggests a falling downhill, more energetically stable but obviously non functional... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
Alan Fox Relatd, You might also like to google Rosalind Franklin and read about how she worked out that DNA molecules have... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
kairosfocus CR, replication requires materials and components, properly arranged, oriented and coupled; requisites of configuration based function. That has to come... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Alan Fox So, you claim proteins fold on their own, and automatically “know” how to assume the correct three-dimensional shape?Proteins are molecules.... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
Querius JVL @20, Then can ID explain how sections of DNA are transcribed into proteins? While it's hard to believe after... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
AaronS1978 Remember folks Chuck and Sev can’t help themselves…….. But everyone else can….. – Skeptic argues free will is real
Origenes Spinoza // follow-up #38 Again, S embraces strict determinism and argues enthusiastically against free will, so he will not be... – Skeptic argues free will is real
Origenes According to Spinoza, we are fully determined: … every finite thing can neither exist nor be determined to produce an... – Skeptic argues free will is real
relatd Alan Fox, So, you claim proteins fold on their own, and automatically "know" how to assume the correct three-dimensional shape?... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
relatd CD at 36, Everyone has a tendency to sin, but looking at it from the purely rationalist perspective ignores the... – Skeptic argues free will is real
relatd JVL at 15, You have an intricate machine and that machine contains sensors. Take DNA repair. The sensors detect a... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
JVL Querius: ID is simply pragmatic Then can ID explain how sections of DNA are transcribed into proteins? IF the genetic... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
Querius Martin_r @202, This is typical Darwinian. They call things machines, but they don’t mean machines. They call things engineering, but... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
JVL Jerry: You haven’t a clue what you are talking about. Well can you explain how the genetic 'code' works? That... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...