Breakthrough Listen – Uncommon Descent

Extraterrestrial life Intelligent Design

Big money powers the hunt for alien intelligence

Okay, billionaires can spend their money as they like; that’s part of being a billionaire. But now, question: If they still don’t find anything out there, can any conclusions be drawn?

Silver Asiatic Jerry This argument has been made several times to answer such nonsense by Kf and others but during each thread... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Viola Lee And who says there is no truth? Again, we may differ both about what constitutes truth (is it truth or... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Viola Lee Who is arguing that everything is an illusion? KF says that is true about WJM's metaphysics, but WJM explains why... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
jerry like the idea “everything is an illusion That is not actually believed by the people making it. It is meant... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
johnnyb One other thing to note - many proofs of common descent rely on a ridiculous null hypothesis about the alternatives. – Common Descent, Common Design, and ID
Silver Asiatic Jerry I love the common sense argument because it assumes nearly all humans recognize the same phenomenon. I like that... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
jerry There are two things going on here which I was trying to point out. First, I do not believe Kf... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Silver Asiatic KF and BA77 are sometimes criticized for long posts and a lot of cut-paste. However, I think we have to... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Silver Asiatic Viola, I wasn't referring to you. Actually, I can't think of anyone still here who the term "skeptics" as I... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Viola Lee Typical KF responses 1. Didn't answer the questions I asked. 2. Misrepresents my responses: Writes, "As for the dismissiveness to... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Silver Asiatic WJM We exist entirely within universal mind (or the mind of God,) Those are two, potentially, very different ideas. If... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
Silver Asiatic KF God is omnipresent in reality and upholds it from moment to moment by his rationally manifest power. They also... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
jerry Kf, I haven't a clue what you are saying in either of your two previous comments. I understand RGB and... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Silver Asiatic So we are, in effect, living our lives in the mind of God. And he is a mediator of our... – Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why...
kairosfocus PPS: Colour vision responds to the issue that our senses can be limited but access the real world successfully. Notice,... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
kairosfocus Jerry, kindly start with noted philosopher Alvin Plantinga and the associated internalism-externalism debates in epistemology informed by Gettier counterexamples on... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
johnnyb Reading back over the paper, I think you are correct (at least in their model - later authors have disagreed... – What Most People Don't Know About...
johnnyb My own take on why AIs will not outpace us is here. – Bill Dembski on why Erik Larson...
William J Murray More on verdical knowledge: It is literally impossible to gain verdical knowledge about the existential state of something proposed to... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
jerry warrant is a gateway term Kf, When I saw this, my thoughts were what does this sentence mean. You use... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
jerry A specific example: You write, “One piece of advice, don’t engage with the skeptics here because they are not people... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...