chemical gardens – Uncommon Descent

Extraterrestrial life Intelligent Design

Early fossils may just be “chemical gardens”

Researcher: Findings suggest that structure alone is not sufficient to confirm whether or not microscopic life-like formations are fossils. More research will be needed to say exactly how they were formed…

PyrrhoManiac1 @31 If somebody claims that he is “a neuronal illusion” means also that every statement he make is an illusion... – The Thought that Stops Thought
asauber "I don’t think there is any obstacle to a naturalistic account of rationality" PM1, Of course you don't. It would... – The Thought that Stops Thought
PyrrhoManiac1 @116 I'm gratified to see that Wells has the intellectual acumen to see that Kant and Nicholson are basically right:... – Man-ape chasm of differences
whistler Basically, because of reductive materialism (and/or methodological naturalism), the atheistic materialist (who believes Darwinian evolution to be true) is forced... – The Thought that Stops Thought
PyrrhoManiac1 @20 It would be like imagining that a computer came into existence by natural forces, and then expecting it to... – The Thought that Stops Thought
Alan Fox Now i really don’t follow. Are you playing games with me ?No. I'm telling you your question contains a false... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Sir Giles KF: Meanwhile, you have yet to show the capability of blind chance and/or mechanical necessity to create FSCO/I beyond 500... – Man-ape chasm of differences
asauber Ha. Turns out Ol' Gord was singing about The Universe here: At times I just don't know How you could... – At Reasons.org: More Evidence for a...
bornagain77 “There are, according to Wiedersheim, no less than 180 vestigial structures in the human body, sufficient to make of a... – Man-ape chasm of differences
martin_r Alan Fox @114 Martin_r: That is why i am asking (for the 2nd time), if the above doesn’t apply to... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Sir Giles Querius: Note that at the time of the Scopes trial, over 100 “vestigial” organs were trotted out as proofs of... – Man-ape chasm of differences
bornagain77 Why the Design in Living Things Goes Far Beyond Machinery Jonathan Wells - February 15, 2019 Excerpt: Organized from the... – Man-ape chasm of differences
PyrrhoManiac1 @86 The problem is that on the level of physical chemistry, that’s exactly what organisms are! They are EXTREMELY complex... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Alan Fox That is why i am asking (for the 2nd time), if the above doesn’t apply to biologists (natural science graduates)... – Man-ape chasm of differences
jerry where in that scenario is there any room for rational inquiry? And along come pretty little niche so rationale is... – The Thought that Stops Thought
Alan Fox AF, 96, and why do you spend so much energy on objections and side tracks, if you imagine this is... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Origenes If nature is only particles in the void obeying mindless regularities, where in that scenario is there any room for... – The Thought that Stops Thought
bornagain77 AF: “Intelligent Design” has no answers. Says the man who holds an Atheistic metaphysics which says that there is no... – Man-ape chasm of differences
kairosfocus PPS: You were present when I pointed to Venter years ago and suggested, go some generations beyond, for a molecular... – Man-ape chasm of differences
kairosfocus AF, 96, and why do you spend so much energy on objections and side tracks, if you imagine this is... – Man-ape chasm of differences
martin_r Alan Fox Evolutionary theory gives an explanation This theory is a bunch of nonsense. All the 'supporting evidence' is just... – Man-ape chasm of differences