Evolution – Page 178 – Uncommon Descent

The New Pope and ID

Prediction: Bush and Benedict XVI will do to evolution what Reagan and John Paul II did to communism

I started blogging end of March 2005, beginning at www.idthefuture.com and now with my blog, Uncommon Descent (I intend to do a lot of cross-posting). Since I’d like Uncommon Descent to provide a complete record of my blogging activity, I include here my prior posts at IDthefuture that have thus far not been cited here:

Darwinism Evolution

Finding Effective Drugs I

It’s always amazed me that people are so willing to abandon the hard work and intuition that leads to intelligence, upon which rests the entire edifice of science, and resort to little more than gambling in an attempt to create innovation. I have another word for it–laziness.

Evolution

American Society of Agronomy — What Happened to Your Online Poll?

In a previous post I indicated that the American Society of Agronomy, at the behest of its president James G. Coors, conducted an online poll regarding the teaching of alternatives to evolution in grades K-12 and then, presumably at his behest as well, removed the poll once it became clear that the poll did not Read More…

Evolution

Laughlin on Evolution by Natural Selection

I made three posts at IDthefuture concerning Robert Laughlin, the Nobel laureate physicists who in his most recent book had some unkind words about evolution by natural selection: Ã¢â‚¬Å“Much of present-day biological knowledge is ideological. A key symptom of ideological thinking is the explanation that has no implications and cannot be tested. I call such Read More…

Evolution Intelligent Design

When Denunciations of ID by the Professionals Fail

Denunciations of Intelligent Design by professional societies are now common coin: the American Association for the Advancement of Science (see here), the American Institute of Physics (see here and here), and the Society for Neuroscience (see here) are cases in point. But what happens when a professional society gears up to denounce ID and its Read More…

Darwinism Evolution Intelligent Design

Mike Gene — Someone You Should Know

Mike Gene is the pseudonym of one of the most insightful individuals in the ID/evolution debate. He remains critical of various aspects of ID, but he is far more critical of conventional evolutionary theory. For his views, have a look at his website. To get a flavor of his thinking, here is a recent post Read More…

kairosfocus CR, how you love loaded terms. By obvious definition, a successful designer is CAPABLE of carrying out said design. Reginald... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
jerry I bought the book and it is expensive, $29 for kindle version. It has from what I can see nothing... – Otangelo Grasso’s new book, Confirming Yeshua
kairosfocus F/N: Observe, Willard and heirs: To have knowledge in the dispositional sense—where you know things you are not necessarily thinking... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist … that will not change the point that the relevant information, knowledge, design decisions, system architecture etc would have been... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
kairosfocus Origenes, reduction of rational, intuitive, imaginative and creative thought to computation on a substrate fails. Not least, as computation is... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
kairosfocus CR, why not do an in page search for say, "in the intelligence"? You will find for example 302: As... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Origenes KF @416 … the underlying incoherence is dismissiveness to the observed and/or experienced. Once self evident first truths are denied,... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
kairosfocus CR, the FIRST -- branch on which we all sit [so of first principle character] -- fact of experience is... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
kairosfocus L&FP, 67: So-called “critical rationalism” and the blunder of denying [defeat-able] warrant for knowledge – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist @KF Drumbeat repetition of an answered assertion, pretending that it was not answered repeatedly. Ok, then which comment(s)? Please quote... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
critical rationalist If consciousness is fundamental and cannot be explained by something else, then this is where we must base our explanations... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
kairosfocus Origenes, the underlying incoherence is dismissiveness to the observed and/or experienced. Once self evident first truths are denied, chaos is... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
critical rationalist I wrote… If the recipe for a bacterium is one of these entities that exhibit reliable signs of design, and... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
jerry I do not like to discuss religion here because ID has nothing to do with religion but an interesting new... – Otangelo Grasso’s new book, Confirming Yeshua
kairosfocus CR, do you understand what you clipped? Notice, ". . . A class of machine we have analysed since 1948,... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Origenes CR @405 First, if conciseness cannot be explained, then it’s unclear how this reflects any more of an explanation for... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
kairosfocus AF, sadly predictable. I suggest that the serious minded onlooker consults the likes of Habermas on that topic, probably the... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
critical rationalist CR, you keep twisting things and trying more tangents. First, my core criticism has been consistent. Nor does it reflect... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Alan Fox ...the 500 witnesses to Jesus’ resurrection. One isolated claim, ambiguously worded, that refers to a round number of unnamed people?... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Alan Fox ...the 500 witnesses to Jesus’ resurrection. One isolated claim, ambiguously worded, that refers to a round number of unnamed people?... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Alan Fox ...the 500 witnesses to Jesus’ resurrection. One isolated claim, ambiguously worded, that refers to a round number of unnamed people?... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...