extinction (and diversity) – Uncommon Descent

Science writer: Extinctions don’t necessarily lead to new diversity

Black’s essay is a tribute to “accidental evolution,” as if no serious explanation is required for the complex means by which boundaries are transcended.

Joe Schooner Here’s a prediction: Our solar system will continue to be quite unusual, not that that rules out life on exoplanets.... – Three hundred new exoplanets found
polistra Darwin's reductionism was not automatically justified by common knowledge at the time. Emerson in 1840: "The world globes itself in... – AI helps us see previously unknown...
KRock @Seversky If you think Jesus was a mythical figure, you're a lunatic! You'd fall into same category as those who... – In time for American Thanksgiving: Stephen...
KRock Jordan Peterson is a champ! – Good news: Jordan Peterson is Uncanceled...
Belfast Seversky and the Smithsonian have to be understood as unflinching Darwinistas. This explains Seversky’s rambling defence of the Smithsonian’s blunder,... – When the Smithsonian does human origins…...
News Some of us can't help wondering why the Smithsonian didn't see this coming. – When the Smithsonian does human origins…...
EDTA Sev, >“Exceptional” does not necessarily mean better in any moral sense. No, because from a non-theistic starting point, there is... – When the Smithsonian does human origins…...
AnimatedDust Seversky lectures us on morality, from his position, firmly ensconced in mid-air. – When the Smithsonian does human origins…...
AaronS1978 Hey if Pedophilia, rape, and psychopathy are just evolved behaviors and people are victims of their genes (thanks Darwin you... – When the Smithsonian does human origins…...
Joe Schooner If someone has something better, propose it and see if there is any evidence to support their opinion. The best... – Dinesh D'Souza on socialism:
jerry Until the unleash of the free market economy in the 1700’s first partially in England and then in the English... – Dinesh D'Souza on socialism:
Fasteddious This finding shows how reductionist hubris works: biologists find a few facts about cells or DNA/RNA and they think they... – AI helps us see previously unknown...
polistra Color is only one element of a larger consistent progression. Human evolution is expected to "progress" from peasant to aristocrat.... – When the Smithsonian does human origins…...
mohammadnursyamsu Again, this is not about rational issues. Rational issues are complicated, have many aspects, and it requires a hodgepodge of... – Dinesh D'Souza on socialism:
bornagain77 Seversky claims that "Jesus is a mythical figure like, say, Robin Hood, possibly based distantly on a real person or... – In time for American Thanksgiving: Stephen...
bornagain77 Chuckdarwin states, "Jesus’ resurrection from the dead–don’t think so" Yet the Shroud of Turin, stubbornly, and persistently, thinks otherwise, The... – In time for American Thanksgiving: Stephen...
zweston I always get sev and cd mixed up.... ugh... CD... what do you believe about Jesus? Because all of the... – In time for American Thanksgiving: Stephen...
zweston Seversky, why is war bad if you are highly evolved pond scum? Says who? – When the Smithsonian does human origins…...
Seversky C: Jesus is a mythical figure like, say, Robin Hood, possibly based distantly on a real person or persons but... – In time for American Thanksgiving: Stephen...
Seversky Why am I not surprised? – Finnish author, Rope Kojonen, has two...
Seversky "The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable." -- John Kenneth Galbraith – Dinesh D'Souza on socialism: