Eugene V. Koonin – Uncommon Descent

Flap over use of term “intelligent design” in PNAS paper

It’s possible that what Phillips means by “positive Darwinian selection” is random selection that looks a lot like design. The sin is in actually using words that imply that that IS what it looks like. Just when it looks like they’ve hammered everything into submission, another bulge appears.

Mac McTavish I have always thought that classifying ideas as left, right, socialist, etc causes more problems than it solves. Why can’t... – Sep 21, 5:47 PM
AaronS1978 Hey did anyone see that article on science mag that ai is evolving itself Seems like a super big claim... – Sep 21, 3:53 PM
Truthfreedom 164 JVL ???? If I have 47 results regarding a phenomenon and 32 of them roughly agree then it’s not... – Sep 21, 3:37 PM
Querius What an excellent post, Harry! As Mao once said, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." And... – Sep 21, 2:58 PM
kairosfocus ET, Sev, capacity for evil is another way -- loaded of course -- of saying genuinely free. As in capable... – Sep 21, 2:56 PM
JVL ET: JVL is still clueless. “Mainstream science” doesn’t know how nature could have produced the genetic code. It doesn’t even... – Sep 21, 2:37 PM
JVL You have a fatal flaw in your position JVL. You use a glaring double standard in your reasoning, causing your... – Sep 21, 2:30 PM
JVL Truthfreedom: You can’t know that the reasoning above leads to truth because you don’t trust your brain. ???? If I... – Sep 21, 2:21 PM
Upright BiPed . Oh and Bob ... just one more thing. Anytime you want to explore additional details of the semiotic argument... – Sep 21, 1:15 PM
polistra No problem. Evolution and AI are fashionable, so they will continue to get all the money and power. – Sep 21, 11:48 AM
Truthfreedom 18 Bob O'H Tf– I certainly can’t know all of the contents. Then you can't judge them as "being preached... – Sep 21, 11:23 AM
Upright BiPed . Facepalm So Bob, when you conjured up distributive system theory to argue that that the gene system could be... – Sep 21, 10:31 AM
Truthfreedom There is not such a thing as scientifically provable "random evolution". There is: - "we scientists can not know all... – Sep 21, 10:07 AM
Truthfreedom AWhat? Machine learning systems are focused on specific processes from which they are unable to deviate. If the machines were... – Sep 21, 9:40 AM
Bob O'H Tf - I certainly can't know all of the contents. But if a paper is titled "A proof of e... – Sep 21, 9:34 AM
Truthfreedom 15 Bob O'H It’s certainly invalid to say something that doesn’t make any sense. What would you say of a... – Sep 21, 9:30 AM
Truthfreedom Bob O'H I have the expertise and knowledge to be able to evaluate the broad thrust of the special issue... – Sep 21, 9:27 AM
kairosfocus Re: Outsourcing We should outsource philosophy to AI. KF – Sep 21, 9:24 AM
Bob O'H UB @ 13 - it's certainly invalid to say something that doesn't make any sense. Even if I knew what... – Sep 21, 9:21 AM
Truthfreedom 12 Bob O'H I don’t need to. I visit this site regularly. But you criticize people for (supposedly) doing what... – Sep 21, 9:08 AM
Upright BiPed . Bob, is it somehow invalid and critical of evolution to say that it has symbolic physical requirements in order... – Sep 21, 9:04 AM