bird devolution – Uncommon Descent

Century of bird evolution knowledge overturned?

Evolved “backward”? In other words, devolution? Funny, so few ever question a theory that is always being overturned by new findings.

relatd SB at 72, Man has two choices: Man is the ultimate reference point. So man prefers the words of other... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
StephenB SB: The broader point, which I have made previously, is that moral choices are the product of a multiplicity of... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
kairosfocus F/N: it should be clear that the design inference is an inference to a key causal factor. As such, it... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
kairosfocus Sandy, moral principles are built in and attested to by conscience. We often feel them most directly when we have... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
kairosfocus F/N: try restarting your PC, you may have entered an odd state. KF – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
kairosfocus Jerry, we must understand the mindset we are dealing with. The design inference on good signs is solid. That is... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
relatd Ba77, As I'm sure you know, Darwinist ideas must be promoted at all costs or God gets back into science,... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
jerry the issue is not merits, rights, publications etc. It is, that we have determined lawless ideological oligarchs who have wormed... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
Sandy ideological oligarchs who have wormed their way into influence and power who — lawless — are ruthless, vindictive and cruel.... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
Origenes KF @ 82, PM1 @83 KF: These poof magic emergentists reject the PSR. Absolutely. That is their thing. PM1: I... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
jerry Interesting, I am finding the inability to edit a comment on the computer I have with me while away. Usually... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
Origenes StephenB @165 SB: The broader point, which I have made previously, is that moral choices are the product of a... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
bornagain77 OT: Mama Bear Apologetics: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies by Hillary Morgan Ferrer https://www.amazon.com/Mama-Bear-Apologetics-Empowering-Challenge/dp/0736976159/ “I’m thrilled to see... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
kairosfocus PM1, Chalmers has put his finger on the problem, there is a magickal ideology of poof, emergence and once the... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
kairosfocus Jerry, the issue is not merits, rights, publications etc. It is, that we have determined lawless ideological oligarchs who have... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
jerry That’s not to say that therefore strong emergence is a hopeless concept Of course it's hopeless. It is self refuting... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
PyrrhoManiac1 David Chalmers is probably the living philosopher with whom I most enjoy disagreeing. He is utterly brilliant and I always... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
kairosfocus Origenes With emergentism, a new type of causation has been introduced: causation from insufficient causes. An obvious violation of the... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
jerry A comment from 17 years ago I hope this will erase the complacency on this web site that ID is... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
Origenes ~ “external criticism” KF: PM1, you tried to set up a frame that invites an insulation around internalism. PM1: I... – Is the Galton Board evidence for...
Origenes Sandy @74 ~The (strong) emergence concept stems from the extreme reductionist mindset. Chalmers: We can say that a high-level phenomenon... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...