apocalypse – Uncommon Descent

Atheists suffer apocalypse anxiety too, it seems

Reviewer: Routledge suggested the behaviour of religious doomsday fretters was similar to atheist political activists. ‘I’m increasingly seeing a similar sort of fatalism on the secular left,’ he continued.

Artificial Intelligence Cosmology Culture Intelligent Design

In 1973, a computer said the world would end in 2040

Jonathan Bartlett offers some thoughts on a frantic, bizarre – but instructive – computer-driven prediction.

critical rationalist A scientific theory is based on the laws of physics. ID is based on the ability of an intelligence to... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Querius Origenes @368, The designer and the watch do not fall into the same category. Similarly, the thinker and his thoughts... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
relatd AF at 380, Yes, they are happening right now. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints investigates miracles. It is... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Querius Origenes @360, WRT Alan Fox I will ignore Alan Fox from now on, for deliberately misquoting Querius in #267; see... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Querius Kairosfocus @353, Great post! One would hope that in 50 years, objectors would acknowledge basic points, but that has patently... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Alan Fox Simplifying. Are miracles happening now? Where's the evidence? – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
PyrrhoManiac1 @11 You say its okay to deliberately kill a guy unconscious in the emergency room, because it’s like killing an... – Give Dawkins credit for guts: He...
jerry the seeds of racism are in all of us Distrust of others is built in. It’s a survival instinct. But... – Darwin a slavery abolitionist? Aw, come...
relatd CD at 11, Nothing surprises me anymore... – Darwin a slavery abolitionist? Aw, come...
jerry Can we estimate, given, for the sake of arguments that deviations from the laws of the universe happen to living... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
chuckdarwin Relatd/9 Although I don’t eat from a bowl on the floor, I do occasionally drink out of the toilet…… – Darwin a slavery abolitionist? Aw, come...
martin_r CD @40 of course, we don't know as much as you do ... – Of Dragonflies, Spitfires and Elliptical Wings
chuckdarwin Martin r/ Of course you do…… – Of Dragonflies, Spitfires and Elliptical Wings
Alan Fox Why don’t you pursue it?I will certainly keep an eye out for such an event but gathering evidence might be... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
jerry The necessary discontinuity with say the second law of thermodynamics being violated would be Earth-shattering news Why don’t you pursue... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
doubter It seems to me, Hawking just replaced one irrationality with another, and still makes the egregious error of sticking with... – Stephen Hawking’s co-author: Hawking thought that...
relatd Regarding abortion. The whole point is to kill a human being as opposed to a "blob of tissue" as it... – Give Dawkins credit for guts: He...
Alan Fox There is no scientific theory of ID.Bold of you to say so, Jerry. Explains why no-one had been able to... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
jerry You should probably let KF, BA, UB, etc. know They know. Anyone who believes ID is a scientific theory confuses... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
critical rationalist There is no scientific theory of ID. You should probably let KF, BA, UB, etc. know. It would save them... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
relatd AF at 359, You're very good at it. I suggest you stop... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...