Paley’s ghost speaks out – Uncommon Descent

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Building a Yacht — design in action

Here, we see a sped up time-lapsed snapshot succession view of the design and construction of a fibreglass vs a wooden yacht: Here is another: Now, let’s scale down to a canoe: We thus see illustrated how . . . design is intelligently directed configuration which makes advantageous, and ideally skilled and artistic, use of Read More…

Darwinist rhetorical tactics Intelligent Design Paley's ghost speaks out Video

Stephen Meyer interview with Ben Shapiro

Today [oops –> recent], here: Starts with Wikipedia’s “pseudoscience” accusation. And, Creationism [in a cheap tuxedo]. END PS: Here is the smoking gun letter by Sir Francis Crick to his son, March 19, 1953, i.e. as he informed his son about his breakthrough:

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Paley’s Ghost speaks out: the problem of [neo-]darwinist evolutionary incrementalism

One of the common weak arguments against the design inference on functionally specific, complex organisation and/or associated information (FSCO/I, a functional form of specified complexity) is the idea that body-plan level macro-evolution is “simply” the accumulation of lots and lots of micro-evolutionary adaptations in a grand climb of fitness. It seems to be back on Read More…

Origenes Chuckdarwin: Biologists have never claimed that chimps are our forbearers. Seversky: CD is right. The claim is not that humans... – Some at-your-fingertips stats on human–chimp similarity
Seversky CD is right. The claim is not that humans are descended from chimps or any other modern ape, the claim... – Some at-your-fingertips stats on human–chimp similarity
jerry Wrong again, Chuck. Chuckdarwin never answers a relevant question let alone a tough question. He only tries to make others... – Some at-your-fingertips stats on human–chimp similarity
JVL ET: ID is not about the designer. That has no bearing on the subject at hand. Are you really that... – Rob Sheldon on the current trend...
Origenes @168 Jerry: A fuller version, articulated by Antoine Léonard Thomas, aptly captures Descartes’ intent: dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum (“I... – Is there such a thing as...
ET Wrong again, Chuck. No one has established that humans and chimps share a common ancestor. There aren't any known mechanisms... – Some at-your-fingertips stats on human–chimp similarity
chuckdarwin What is the big deal about having monkeys and apes in our family lineage? Are humans so insecure, or alternatively,... – Some at-your-fingertips stats on human–chimp similarity
ET JVL: Lots of heterosexual couples are unable to procreate. ONLY heterosexual couples can procreate. How many times do we have... – Is there such a thing as...
ET ID can accommodate atheism because ID does NOT require a belief on God. What part of that is CD too... – Rob Sheldon on the current trend...
ET chuckdarwin: “Non-theist intelligent design” is an oxymoron. Only to the willfully ignorant. Nice own goal. – Rob Sheldon on the current trend...
ET JVL: But when a atheist starts asking who the designer is you start getting your knickers in a twist and... – Rob Sheldon on the current trend...
chuckdarwin #10 Kairofocus Admitting that there is a slight element of hyperbole in my initial comment, I do subscribe to the... – Rob Sheldon on the current trend...
awstar Luskin -- there are some parts of our genome, such as the human y chromosome, that are radically different from... – Some at-your-fingertips stats on human–chimp similarity
jerry We all have opinions. Some claim my opinions are just as good as yours. But in truth some opinion are... – Is there such a thing as...
Origenes @166 Kairosfocus ... it is about warrant vs proneness to error. "I exist", as you have pointed out many times... – Is there such a thing as...
kairosfocus Origenes, no, it is about warrant vs proneness to error. No serious person denies individuality and conscious experience. KF – Is there such a thing as...
zweston Fashionable nonsense is about all the Darwin lobby and origin of life people can publish...and it's also quite similar to... – Some at-your-fingertips stats on human–chimp similarity
jerry If one wants to understand what makes humans different genetically, they should read David Wilcox. https://uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/is-it-the-junk-dna-that-makes-us-human/#comment-738845 https://uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/is-it-the-junk-dna-that-makes-us-human/#comment-738840 The difference in... – Some at-your-fingertips stats on human–chimp similarity
Origenes Kairosfocus, I am sorry but the whole subjective objective project doesn't make sense to me. The underlying assumption is that... – Is there such a thing as...
bornagain77 In short, and in what a consider to be a shining example of poetic justice, the atheist, in his denial... – Some at-your-fingertips stats on human–chimp similarity
bornagain77 As I pointed out yesterday, "Everything that is truly important (about being a human), and that can be said to... – Some at-your-fingertips stats on human–chimp similarity