Borg (in nature) – Uncommon Descent

Culture Darwinism Intelligent Design speciation

How things have changed! Even Darwin’s Finches’ defenders are spooked

Peter and Rosemary Grant, the iconic Darwinian speciation couple, are backtracking in the face of new evidence that it doesn’t really work that way. On the other hand, this is a great time to be a recovering Darwinist. The world is much more interesting than that.

jerry Except all scientists(evolutionary bioligists included) use the assumption of a function and a goal before they even proceed for any... – Casey Luskin: ID as fruitful approach...
relatd Chuckdarwin at 128, I understand. The Church knows the difference between faith and science. However, it is not anti-ID. Unless... – Casey Luskin: ID as fruitful approach...
JVL Sandy: Except all scientists(evolutionary bioligists included) use the assumption of a function and a goal before they even proceed for... – Casey Luskin: ID as fruitful approach...
Sandy Jerry I say ID is not science Except all scientists(evolutionary bioligists included) use the assumption of a function and a... – Casey Luskin: ID as fruitful approach...
JVL Sandy: Biological Information: New Perspectives – Proceedings Of The Symposium https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=teExEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false That is interesting; many of the papers are based... – Casey Luskin: ID as fruitful approach...
JVL Jerry: I say ID is not science but a layer of conclusions used on the findings of science and get... – Casey Luskin: ID as fruitful approach...
chuckdarwin Relatd/123 This started when I responded to a comment by SA (who is apparently Roman Catholic) that Ken Miller, the... – Casey Luskin: ID as fruitful approach...
Sandy BobO'Hara But I don’t think there’s ever been a doubt that some junk DNA would be functional: the questions have... – Casey Luskin: ID as fruitful approach...
jerry I say ID is not science but a layer of conclusions used on the findings of science and get asked... – Casey Luskin: ID as fruitful approach...
JVL This may be of interest: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/05/15/1098347992/a-landmark-study-tracks-the-lasting-effect-of-having-an-abortion-or-being-denied – Michael Egnor muses on some shaky...
Sandy JVL Kairosfocus & Jerry: I was specifically thinking of a stated and widely accepted general ID research agenda. Something like:... – Casey Luskin: ID as fruitful approach...
Bob O'H Sandy - I'm not sure what your point is. I responded to your claim that the concept of junk DNA... – Casey Luskin: ID as fruitful approach...
JVL Silver Asiatic: If the fetus was part of the mother then there would only be the mother’s DNA. He knows... – Michael Egnor muses on some shaky...
relatd Another attempt to justify abortion? An embryo is a unique human being. – At Mind Matters News: Must we...
relatd Chuckdarwin at 111, Where are you going with this? You don't have to be Catholic to recognize truth. But some... – Casey Luskin: ID as fruitful approach...
Silver Asiatic JVL I just couldn’t figure out what BobRyan was actually saying. If the fetus was part of the mother then... – Michael Egnor muses on some shaky...
Silver Asiatic It's the argument that the fetus is not conscious. Even if true (although it is proven that developing babies in... – At Mind Matters News: Must we...
relatd What a strange situation. Souls are not biological things. The animist position is this: "a person who believes all natural... – At Mind Matters News: Must we...
asauber "Aren’t you claiming to have proven a negative?" JVL, Not at all. Is a snake capable of building a nicely-stained... – Denton’s prior fitness argument: Everything seems...
JVL Kairosfocus & Jerry: I was specifically thinking of a stated and widely accepted general ID research agenda. Something like: what... – Casey Luskin: ID as fruitful approach...
JVL Asuaber: Ah, but Evolution has been shown to have limitations. It cant account for all the attributes we require. How... – Denton’s prior fitness argument: Everything seems...