A. anamensis – Uncommon Descent

Gunter Bechly: Farewell, says the apeman

Why wave goodbye? Because if this skull is a guide, the transition from not-really-Lucy to a-bit-like-Lucy to almost-Lucy to Hi, Lucy!! never really happened.

Darwinism Human evolution Intelligent Design

Rare hominin skull upsets tidy human origins theory

If this new hominin was a contemporary as well as an ancestor of Lucy, another “textbook example” of straightforward Darwinism is scrubbed.

Querius Bornagain77 @62, Thank you for not bothering linking to Nick Lane's paper on ATP, even for comedy relief. In his... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
PyrrhoManiac1 @58 We do not experience sense impressions for what they really are – namely electrical crackles, right? So, we do... – L&FP, 70: Exploring cosmological fine tuning...
critical rationalist @Ori Let’s take a concrete example: my certain knowledge that I exist. A concrete example? As in one of many?... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
PyrrhoManiac1 @81 ‘Darwinists’ don’t ‘deny’ teleological purpose because of their philosophical tendencies; they just think there is sufficient evidence to show... – L&FP, 69: A way to understand...
Querius While Chuckdarwin continues to avoid denouncing the ugly racism implicit in Darwinism, let me instead comment on Critical Rationalist's response... – L&FP, 70: Exploring cosmological fine tuning...
jerry We lack other universes to which we can compare our’s to. Right? Another stupid comment! Shows a complete lack of... – L&FP, 70: Exploring cosmological fine tuning...
critical rationalist Why answer the people denying the fine tuning? We lack other universes to which we can compare our's to. Right?... – L&FP, 70: Exploring cosmological fine tuning...
Alan Fox As BA77 didn't link to Nick Lane's paper on a pre-biotic origin for adenosine triphosphate (ATP), here it is. https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001437 – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
chuckdarwin Querius I read it the first time (there's a dog-eared copy on my shelf along with the Origins) as a... – L&FP, 70: Exploring cosmological fine tuning...
critical rationalist CR, we both know that measurable, functionally specific, complex organisation and associated information is 200 years beyond Paley’s valid but... – L&FP, 69: A way to understand...
Querius Upright BiPed@58, What you are doing is denying the validity of design inference based on your personal ideology, and you... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
PyrrhoManiac1 @159 :)You can’t even define “mistake” in your Darwinian worldview. I do not have a "Darwinian worldview", whatever that's supposed... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
Sandy I won’t make that mistake again. :)You can't even define "mistake" in your Darwinian worldview. – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
Querius Chuckdarwin @55, Why would I resort to a chatbot when I have some of the world’s most renowned ID and... – L&FP, 70: Exploring cosmological fine tuning...
PyrrhoManiac1 @151 In response to my point (see 142) about the pragmatics and semantics of the words "certainty" and "knowledge", we... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
chuckdarwin Querius/44 Why would I resort to a chatbot when I have some of the world's most renowned ID and Bible... – L&FP, 70: Exploring cosmological fine tuning...
bornagain77 Of note: Origin of Life: Controversial Chemist Shakes up Scientific Community | Problems with Primordial Soup - March 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZugOrSD7YL4... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
Origenes // Correction #156 // – If you managed that, how could you infallibly interpret that infallible source? How do I... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
jerry including yours Be specific and they can be discussed. I was specifically referring to the fine tuning which is so... – L&FP, 70: Exploring cosmological fine tuning...
Origenes CR @140, 149 has some questions for me: – How could you infallibly identify a supposed infallible source, out of... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
Alan Fox One of the emergent properties of RNA is that individual bases will pair bond (always Guanine with Cytosine, Adenine with... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...