David Bainbridge – Uncommon Descent

At The Scientist: Stuff about Darwinian racism we’ve been saying for years…

But let biologist and science writer David Bainbridge tell it, riffing off his new book, How Zoologists Organize Things: The Art of Classification…

kairosfocus F/N: For many relevant cases, we cannot simply inspect to see the mechanism, process or forces and factors at work.... – L&FP, 47: The challenge of "proof"...
kairosfocus PPS: I use a simple example on my logic. If T then A, T being Tom is a cat and... – L&FP, 47: The challenge of "proof"...
kairosfocus MNY, fact is a fairly standard common language term, especially when it refers to an established credible observation, experience or... – L&FP, 47: The challenge of "proof"...
kairosfocus Jack, your remarks above are beyond the pale, actually suggestive of a concern troll. I suggest you walk back if... – Is “string theory world” in some...
BobRyan Darwin based science was proven wrong at great cost in an out of the United States. It should be taught... – Another reason not to teach Darwinism...
AaronS1978 Hmm. You gonna revel in that split hair because it’s shows a hypocrisy? Victory is yours this day? I mean... – Another reason not to teach Darwinism...
Truth Will Set You Free Jack @ 34: Well then, I guess this is the last time we will be hearing from you. A smart... – Is “string theory world” in some...
Bob O'H Jerry @ 43 - yes, a lot of that is simply because there is, by the definition used in the... – The slow descent of “Science!” As...
Bob O'H Is it significant that the same people who simply do not want to accept that Darwin had transparent white supremacy... – We are informed at Nature Communications...
Bob O'H But we’ve been saying this practically forever: Quit teaching Darwinism in the public school system. Eh? I thought the Disco... – Another reason not to teach Darwinism...
ET Wow. Nutjobs, like Jack, erect and attack straw men. Would it be OK to kill soulless demon babies? What about... – Is “string theory world” in some...
Jack UD used to be a pretty good site back when DaveScot was the moderator. My my how things have changed... – Is “string theory world” in some...
Querius FWIW, In my opinion, CO2 is plant food, and all we need to do is replant the world's disappeared forests... – The slow descent of “Science!” As...
Querius Haha! Yeah, I noticed that, too. They always seem to start out neutral and polite. -Q – Is “string theory world” in some...
zweston Looks like an upstart apologist has kicked the Darwin hornets' nest on youtube... want to join in the conversation? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZpIXDjXzHw&lc=Ugz3GggEi2Su0RfRAYJ4AaABAg.9QKFkhqoiml9QMGwAP5Tzx... – Will the Tokyo Olympics be a...
bornagain77 Hossenfelder referenced Imre Lakatos, who was a student of Karl Popper, in order to demarcate science from pseudoscience. Specifically, in... – Sabine Hossenfelder’s op-ed not published at...
jerry he is using a study that thinks that death at 25C are due to cold in Thailand and heat in... – The slow descent of “Science!” As...
ET Querius, It is very telling that as soon as one sock is banned new people start showing up. It seems... – Is “string theory world” in some...
Yarrgonaut Bob, OK, so basically he’s predicting that intelligent design won’t work. I hope you all appreciate that I find this... – ID theorists were right about junk...
Querius My suspicions as well, ET. When confronted with unsupported assertions, non sequiturs, and contradictions to statements in previous messages, these... – Is “string theory world” in some...
mohammadnursyamsu A fact is obtained by evidence of a creation, forcing to produce a 1 to 1 corresponding model of it,... – L&FP, 47: The challenge of "proof"...