Antonio Lima-de-Faria – Uncommon Descent

At Oscillations: Cytogeneticist Antonio Lima-de-Faria torches obscurantism in science in new book, Suzan Mazur reports

He was an early non-Darwinian evolutionist (1988 is pretty early), mainly a structuralist. He continues to publish books at nearly 100 years of age.

Origenes @100 Mo A (subjective) opinion, like to say a painting is beautiful, is chosen, and expresses what it is that... – Is there such a thing as...
johnnyb "why does the humble onion have one five times the size of that of the much larger and more complex... – Here’s a lay-friendly explanation of the...
mohammadnursyamsu For religious people to promote objective morality, is a big lie. People always have problems with subjectivity, they do not... – Is there such a thing as...
kairosfocus PS: One stunt is to pretend that there is one objective moral trut;, that there are no objective moral truths.... – Is there such a thing as...
Fasteddious It is troubling to hear that MIT, that bastion of all thing STEM, is more woke than Princeton. – Here’s more on Canceled prof Dorian...
kairosfocus Sandy, yes, that is why ordinary people need sound anchoring and need to be ever vigilant about would be usurpers... – Is there such a thing as...
Fasteddious I have a problem with the inflationary multiverse. As I understand it, the supposed inflation field spits out bubble universes... – Physicist Brian Miller reflects on claims...
kairosfocus PS: Locke: [2nd Treatise on Civil Gov't, Ch 2 sec. 5:] . . . if I cannot but wish to... – Is there such a thing as...
Sandy The subjectivism, relativism and emotivism such fallacies support have failed on the merits. Which does not prevent them from being... – Is there such a thing as...
kairosfocus ET, at core level, duty to neighbour enfolds the decalogue; but it lays out an approach that allows the willing... – Is there such a thing as...
kairosfocus PS: We duly note the continued side-stepping of the establishment of the point that even objectors to the first duties... – Is there such a thing as...
Fasteddious Sorry, but the second syllogism is wrong: - If there is no god, then all things are permitted. - All... – Laszlo Bencze responds to the view...
Fasteddious Of course there are fossil minds; those are the ones who believe in materialistic, Darwinian evolution. – At Mind Matters News: There is...
kairosfocus JVL, you have studiously avoided the response to your shopping list of distractors approach. For the record: 71: >>you [by... – Is there such a thing as...
martin_r Seversky , you missed the point (again) Think about this one: Odd, isn’t it, that ancient invading viruses would turn... – Here’s a lay-friendly explanation of the...
Sandy should women be allowed to vote? You are naive or evil . https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rtxG93cPlus Ummm . . . are you saying... – Is there such a thing as...
Sandy If 100% of genomes are fully functional then why The ignorance of evolutionary biologists was proven by their fall into... – Here’s a lay-friendly explanation of the...
jerry If 100% of genomes are fully functional then why does the humble onion have one five times the size of... – Here’s a lay-friendly explanation of the...
JVL ET: The 10 Commandments is a good place to start for objective morality. It's a start but it leaves a... – Is there such a thing as...
Seversky If 100% of genomes are fully functional then why does the humble onion have one five times the size of... – Here’s a lay-friendly explanation of the...
Querius What I don't understand is how a quantum gravity (if it even exists) could exist outside of space and time,... – Physicist Brian Miller reflects on claims...