Cicero – Uncommon Descent

Recognizing design in nature as the standard for a reasonable person

That was an ancient philosophical world view: The chief triumph of Darwinism is to make kinship with unreasoning creatures the hallmark of humanity. From there, it is a short step to seeing human consciousness as an illusion.

aarceng Does the snowflake encode the environmental factors during its formation? If you knew enough about how they formed could you... – If two snowflakes are identical, does...
kairosfocus AF & circle, ID as theory is a research programme, which would be defined by core theses; in other forms,... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
aarceng Pav @3 “ If we define, a la Shannon, information as being the negative log of entropy”. It is my... – If two snowflakes are identical, does...
kairosfocus AF & Circle, strawman with ad hom. M_r is simply saying, very reasonably, that in real science, claims need to... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Alan Fox From KF's link: The theory of intelligent design (ID) holds that certain features of the universe and of living things... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
kairosfocus M_r, I doubt that life ever boiled down to a single, self replicating cell. Just the need for smart gated... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Alan Fox Now you people (Darwinists, biologists, microbiologists, archeologists, paleontologists, anthropologists and all the other “-logists”) have to show us ONLY ONE... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
kairosfocus AF & circle, further distractive tangents. As a first step, the Resources Tab, accessible from this and every UD page,... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
martin_r KF, these metabolic networks ... I would like to understand, how something like that can evolve by random mutations, copying... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
martin_r Alan Fox Let’s see whether you can provide an accurate definition of ID. Can anyone do that? Intelligent design definition:... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
martin_r Querius A scientist stands before God in the judgment. God asks the scientist, “Didn’t the complexity of life on earth,... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Alan Fox Let’s see whether you can provide an accurate definition of ID.Can anyone do that? It would certainly be a useful... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Querius Critical Rationalist @229, According to ID, we exhibit the appearance of design. Which exactly the thing that ID is trying... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
critical rationalist A sad state of affairs. The Designer is outside of space and time and creates without using pre-existing matter. Can... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
critical rationalist No, it doesn’t. From your own reference… In this view, splitting is not an abrupt event. It evolves through decoherence... – Is there a center of the...
Querius Martin_r @223, CR, replication requires materials and components, properly arranged, oriented and coupled; You know what any replication requires? THE... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Querius Haha, love it, Jerry! Thank you! Is there also a gene that compels people to come up with settled solutions... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
Querius Seversky @5, For me, the problem with the concept of a self-organizing Universe is that, as with evolution, it does... – Stephen Hawking’s co-author: Hawking thought that...
relatd CD, Sorry, but my ChatGPT Righteous Indignation program failed. – Stephen Hawking’s co-author: Hawking thought that...
relatd CR at 229, A sad state of affairs. The Designer is outside of space and time and creates without using... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Origenes Chuckdarwin @48 What is the difference between agent causation and self-causation, if there is one? I have read several definitions... – Skeptic argues free will is real