chromatophores – Uncommon Descent

Biomimicry Complex Specified Information Darwinism Evolution Intelligent Design

Octopuses even have “smart” skin

So much complex, specified information and we are to believe it all just sort of happened via natural selection acting on random mutation (Darwinism)? Interestingly, this particular item doesn’t even make that claim. Maybe just too ridiculous.

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...
William J Murray WJM, the concern remains; there seems to be a case of a little error at the beginning. Enough has been... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
William J Murray Let's talk about "verdical" knowledge, KF. Do you have trouble acquiring verdical knowledge about entirely mental phenomena, such as knowing... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
kairosfocus Such idealism runs into the grand delusion problem. Our civilisation is haunted by radical doubt and a thirst for general... – Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why...
kairosfocus WJM, the concern remains; there seems to be a case of a little error at the beginning. Enough has been... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
bornagain77 Prior to that encounter with Carnap, Einstein also had another "heated" disagreement with another famous philosopher, Henri Bergson, over what... – Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why...
William J Murray Your difficulty, KF, is due to your vague concept of "mind." MRT has a very detailed, sophisticated and specified organization... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
bornagain77 As to: WHY IDEALISM IS ACTUALLY A PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY Excerpt: Dr. Gordon. What is idealism? Bruce Gordon: "There are a... – Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why...
William J Murray KF, You don't know what you're talking about. You're conflating "mind" with "individual mind." So what if everything exists in... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
jerry can you give a source for that claim by the Grants? It seems wildly off, so I’d be interested to... – Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig offers ten reasons birds...
kairosfocus PS: Of course, such undercuts the poor design arguments we still see far too often, directly or by suggestion. Instead,... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...