cobra venom – Uncommon Descent

Convergent evolution of cobra venom

Researchers: “This is the first clear example of snake venom evolving for defence, and provides a remarkable example of convergent evolution, or how natural selection can cause the same solution to a problem to evolve multiple times.” Sure, it all just somehow happens with no underlying intelligence in nature?

relatd Andrew at 106, ID must be denied... and denied... and denied, etc. – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
jerry Bornagain77 Thank you for posting this article A Power Grid in Muscle Cells Has Profound Design Implications It is something... – If two snowflakes are identical, does...
critical rationalist Conjecture has to “survive” criticism and tests. Clearly, *somehow* criticism & tests are sources of unquestionable truth. Cleary? They are... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
PyrrhoManiac1 I think there's something actually quite philosophically and psychologically interesting about how Plato understood what's become known as "the JTB... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist See the problems? Do I see the problems for you, as a justificationist? Yes. But you're projecting that problem on... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
Origenes KF @105 Excellent commentary and summary. The unexplained privileged status of criticism in Popper’s concept jumps out at me. Conjecture... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
kairosfocus CR, both can be true, as say the schools level "scientific method" highlights. Laws and theories are posed to explain... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist To clarify, empiricism was an improvement in that it emphasized empirical observations. However, it got the role of empirical observations... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
asauber "since we can never know for certain, there can be no authority here for any claim to authority" Some simply... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
kairosfocus F/N: Popper's introductory summary, in Preface to Conjectures and Refutations, with brief comments and a few notes following. Note, we... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
Origenes CR @ Hyper skepticism is a claim that we know nothing. I’m not a hyper skeptic. This a false dilemma.... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist @KF CR: While this seemed like a good foundation roughly 100 years ago, when empiricism was conceived, KF: Not relevant... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist 1: No-one has sought to define knowledge as justified, true belief, as a clue, consider the import of “warrant” in... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist @Origenes 99 I have made an earlier attempt to read this alleged “refutation” of Dykes and failed. An earlier attempt... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist PyrrhoManiac1 Slightly off-topic, but related: I recently read Erik Larson’s The Myth of Artificial Intelligence in which abduction — or... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
Origenes CR @98 I have made an earlier attempt to read this alleged "refutation" of Dykes and failed. Totally unreadable. – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist @Origenes Your advice, please. While you could have searched for it, the link to the refutation of Dykes on Popper... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
bornagain77 Off topic: A Power Grid in Muscle Cells Has Profound Design Implications David Coppedge - March 27, 2023 Excerpt: Research... – If two snowflakes are identical, does...
Origenes With all the negativity aimed at "empiricism", and the intense distrust of our senses, one has to wonder how fallibilism... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
kairosfocus CR, continuing, on theory laden observations etc, per your clip: >>Empiricism is the idea that all knowledge comes to us... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
PyrrhoManiac1 I don't know much Popper, but from what's being reported here about his views, I should give him some serious... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...