Darwin’s Black Box – Uncommon Descent

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Ten (or so) Pro-Intelligent Design Books You Should Read

On the Design Disquisitions YouTube channel, I’ve posted a new video where I recommend several books of interest, specifically pro-ID literature. Most of the suggestions may be familiar to you, but hopefully there are a few that you’ve not read before. I also give a brief summary of the content of each book. I don’t Read More…

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Debating Darwin and Design: Science or Creationism? (1)

A couple of days ago I posted my opening statement to a formal online debate I’m currently engaged in with Christian neo-Darwinist Francis Smallwood at Musings Of A Scientific Nature. My opening statement can be found here, and his here. What follows are my opening thoughts on the question whether ID is ‘creationism in a Read More…

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Debating Darwin and Design: A Dialogue Between Two Christians

A couple of months ago, I agreed to take part in a written debate with a good friend of mine, Francis Smallwood. Francis, like me, is a commited Christian. Unlike me though, he is also a neo-Darwinist. On his blog Musings Of A Scientific Nature he writes on many different scientific issues, although his primary Read More…

martin_r Alan Fox Not only R. Dawkins disagree with you, but what is more important, because your education, you are not... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Alan Fox By the way, the Dunning-Kruger effect applies to you as well, you don’t realize that, do you ?I have spent... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Alan Fox Not only R. Dawkins disagree with you, but what is more important, because your education, you are not qualified to... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Alan Fox so far i gave you several examples where top biologists comment on design/engineering.No you didn't. Whether "Design" is involved is... – Man-ape chasm of differences
martin_r Alan Fox so far I gave you several examples where top biologists comment on design/engineering. You perfectly understand that these... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Alan Fox Regarding Dunning-Kruger, try asking a question that doesn't contain a preconception. – Man-ape chasm of differences
Alan Fox Martin_r Lents is making the same point that I made in 165. Evolutionary changes are constrained by the requirement for... – Man-ape chasm of differences
martin_r Alan Fox, you wanted some additional explanation on "In what way is the passage you quote a comment on design/engineering?... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Alan Fox But finding an example of a constraint violation in evolutionary theory would not be evidence of "Intelligent Design". ID's problem... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Alan Fox I think most "Intelligent Design"vs evolution hinge on constraints. Evolution imposes the requisite of the unbroken chain of descent on... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Alan Fox Martin_r “The Laryngeal Nerve is obviously bad design” Good catch. I see you didn't have to do much work to... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Alan Fox @ KF You omitted a couple of pivotal facts. 1. The process of selection. Evolution is more than blind chance.... – Man-ape chasm of differences
martin_r Alan Fox, first of all, i found out, that it is not entirely true that Dawkins does not say much... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Caspian PM1@ 30: I appreciate your thoughts. Part of what you said is: "This contains, I think, the main idea that... – The Thought that Stops Thought
Origenes Naturalistic evolution has clear consequences that Charles Darwin understood perfectly. 1) No gods worth having exist; 2) no life after... – The Thought that Stops Thought
bornagain77 As to: Some scientists suspect that quantum processes, including entanglement, might help us explain the brain’s enormous power, and its... – At Big Think: Brain experiment suggests...
jerry My problem is with the notion of emergence or essentially, it just happened. This is part of the Rosen book.... – The Thought that Stops Thought
kairosfocus Q, a very good approach to science is, that it is reverse engineering nature, identifying how it was put together... – Man-ape chasm of differences
kairosfocus SG [attn AF], gaslighting on a turnabout projection. We do routinely observe intelligently directed configuration producing FSCO/I beyond 500 -... – Man-ape chasm of differences
kairosfocus PS, One certain William Provine, similarly: Naturalistic evolution has clear consequences that Charles Darwin understood perfectly. 1) No gods worth... – The Thought that Stops Thought
kairosfocus PM1, I give you as a key case in point, one certain Sir Francis Crick (1994: The Astonishing Hypothesis), raising... – The Thought that Stops Thought