Buddhism – Uncommon Descent

Repackaging Buddhism for Darwinists… Or Darwinism for Buddhists?

Trying to accommodate Buddhism with Darwinian natural selection is something a person would only do if the true commitment is to natural selection.

Intelligent Design Philosophy Religion Science

Is Buddhism really the most “science-friendly religion”?

Thompson’s point is applicable beyond Buddhism. “Theistic” evolutionists, for example, start with the premise that God wouldn’t “create” anything. That is really a message about God, not about nature, and it is bound to be a church-closer.

Big Bang Intelligent Design

Why does anyone care what Buddhist or Hindu philosophy says about the Big Bang?

If they are not Buddhist or Hindu. From Zeeya Merali at Aeon: The discussion has gone on ever since. I partook in 2014, while researching my book, A Big Bang in a Little Room (2017), about experiments on recreating the origins of the Universe in the lab. Not only did I meet with Ashtekar at Read More…

kairosfocus MNY, I wrote for needed record. KF – Is there such a thing as...
jerry All the authors on evolution and it seems Shubin is no different commit the logical fallacy of begging the question.... – Only at Salon: The human neck...
Origenes Shubin: These proteins both hold cells together, as in the skin, and serve as a way for cells to communicate... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
ET JVL: Was that the point of his book? I don’t think so. And yet if he can't answer that then... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
ET I didn't propose anything. I was responding to seversky's nonsense. I had posted: And AGAIN, extant life is NOT the... – Only at Salon: The human neck...
Origenes JVL: Why don’t you read it and find out? Maybe I have misrepresented what it says. It seems like you... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
jerry It looks like we will have to read Shubin’s book to see what it says. My guess nothing relevant. Dawkins’... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
JVL ET: It’s his take that is rubbish. There isn’t any peer review that shows blind and mindless processes can produce... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
JVL ET: YOU brought up front-loading. I thought that was the scenario you were proposing. What are you proposing then? And... – Only at Salon: The human neck...
ET JVL: Be specific, give an example of one bit of work he references that you think is rubbish. It's his... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
Sandy @JVL The problem of coding-decoding of information is insuperable. – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
ET Shubin didn't reference any peer reviewed material that supports his claims. He doesn't have any idea how developmental biology arose.... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
ET Shubin's heavily biased books and unscientific views are NOT data. – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
JVL ET: I read it last year. It’s full of unscientific BS. He doesn’t address anything with actual science. That you... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
ET Shubin's book is devoid of science. And it is refuted by actual science. – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
ET The evidence that Darwin collected supports variations WITHIN populations. There isn't any evidence that supported his grand theme. – At YouTube: Jonathan Wells on Human...
JVL Origenes: General instructions are sufficient to build a brain or an eye? No need for precision? No. Look, I've suggestion... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
ET YOU brought up front-loading. And gene duplication in a blind and mindless scenario is nothing more than magic. Clearly you... – Only at Salon: The human neck...
ET JVL: His book Some Assembly Required is almost totally about work not his own. But, since you’ve already decided it’s... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
Origenes JVL: No because you do not need specific instructions like a blueprint for every minor structure. General instructions are sufficient... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
Sandy Darwin had many, many years of evidence collecting, in England, Scotland, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and of course the Galapagos Islands.... – At YouTube: Jonathan Wells on Human...