American Conservative – Uncommon Descent

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Some thoughts from American Conservative on SciAm’s foray into politics

It will be meaningless to harp on the claim that the public doesn’t “trust science” when “science” is a set of political positions.

kairosfocus CR, Paley pretty well anticipated von Neumann's kinematic self replicator of 1948, in 1802. His cam bar idea was a... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
JVL Relatd: There is one poster here who denies genetic codes are codes even though the word code is used in... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
kairosfocus PM1, we seem to be in basic agreement. There should be a subroutine or logic constraint about basic logic but... – Joseph Miller: ChatGPT Still Can’t Process...
JVL Querius: The bottom line is that humans don’t live by the scientific method and logic alone. Thankfully! These magisteria cannot... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
Seversky Relatd/23 You insult God? God will not be mocked. God tolerates those who make a mockery of the faith, apparently... – Skeptic argues free will is real
Origenes CR his designer would itself be a complicated entity that itself is well adapted to serve a purpose. The watch... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Seversky Jerry/22 Western monotheism, by positing a perfect God, one with absolute power, foreknowledge, and moral goodness, has created an insurmountable... – Skeptic argues free will is real
critical rationalist @KF the most relevant part of Paley is in his ch 2, which has been dodged ever since the 1850s.... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
relatd "God is dead." - Nietzsche "Nietzsche is dead." - God – Skeptic argues free will is real
chuckdarwin Take a philosophy class on Nietzsche and then we can talk........ – Skeptic argues free will is real
relatd CD at 24, Explain. – Skeptic argues free will is real
relatd Jery at 5, You mean the Marxist-Atheist-Darwinist Dictatorship? There is one poster here who denies genetic codes are codes even... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
jerry Aside: There is only one truth so correct science and one possible religion will always be in agreement with the... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
TAMMIE LEE HAYNES Alan Fox @ 5 Dear Mr Fox With the greatest respect, your revision to what you wrote is STILL nonsense... – At Vox: What is life? Scientists...
chuckdarwin There is no mockery of God, quite the opposite…… – Skeptic argues free will is real
relatd Jerry at 1, Get a clue. The majority of the 'arguments' here are between atheists and theists. Science is part... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
relatd "... what is religion but a trick we play on ourselves? – David Wootton (March 18, 2023)" So, man's desire... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
jerry I have no way to calculate the accuracy of the numbers used but I can say it is at best,... – Otangelo Grasso’s new book, Confirming Yeshua
Querius What this book marks, in fact, is the quiet triumph of meta-science over faith . . . The bottom line... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
relatd CD at 21, You insult God? God will not be mocked. Galatians 6:7 "Do not be deceived: God is not... – Skeptic argues free will is real
relatd PM1 at 6, ChatGPT was designed to get rid of people. That's its primary use. It has no intelligence. It... – Joseph Miller: ChatGPT Still Can’t Process...