extraterrestrials – Uncommon Descent

Extraterrestrial life Intelligent Design Probability

Astronomers hope to wring their space aliens from Bayesian analysis

In the real world, we are hoping to find fossil bacteria on Mars. There may or may not be fossil bacteria on Mars but the search feels more like science.

Cosmology Extraterrestrial life Fine tuning Intelligent Design

Astrophysicist: Alien hunters, please stop using the Drake Equation

Actually, the intuition that They Are Out There is not based on science; it is based on deductive reasoning.

mohammadnursyamsu Also, this discussion contintues to be ridiculous. KF asks, what is proof? Then throws out any logical definition of it,... – L&FP, 47: The challenge of "proof"...
mohammadnursyamsu To be "embodied", it means the body has some kind of organization in terms of decisionmaking processes, and the subjective... – L&FP, 47: The challenge of "proof"...
mohammadnursyamsu I think these kinds of commentaries are weak in failing to note the vulnerability of Christianity (and religion in general)... – John West tries once again to...
kairosfocus LCD, we are dealing with a distraction, one cannot address worldviews properly until one first shows that there is a... – L&FP, 47: The challenge of "proof"...
kairosfocus WJM, embodiment cannot be disproved by science, science in fact starts from embodied practitioners. Similarly, Science studies the common physical... – L&FP, 47: The challenge of "proof"...
William J Murray We are 100%, absolutely, credibly embodied. The question is, what does that mean, ontologically speaking? KF's ontological perspective of what... – L&FP, 47: The challenge of "proof"...
Truth Will Set You Free Darwinian evolution is already dead as a scientific theory, but it continues to live, even thrive, as an atheist religion.... – Douglas Axe vs Joshua Swamidass…
William J Murray LCD said: Kairosfocus would be fun to dismantle piece by piece IRT worldview comparing it with Christianity worldview ,from Origins... – L&FP, 47: The challenge of "proof"...
William J Murray KF said: WJM, sorry, once you backed away from your acknowledgement that we are credibly embodied, it is over. Only,... – L&FP, 47: The challenge of "proof"...
bornagain77 Jack claims, "I’m not an atheist.",,, Yes, I've seen you claim that before. But then again, why do you keep... – Is “string theory world” in some...
Marfin Bob o H - Bob you should read Bjorn Lomborg`s book , "How to spend 75 billion to improve the... – The slow descent of “Science!” As...
Marfin Bob o H- We have been told by the climate scientists that in the last 150 years the average temp... – The slow descent of “Science!” As...
Lieutenant Commander Data Jerry Has anyone heard the expression, “mirage?” Where is the unreliability of our senses in case of a mirage ?... – L&FP, 47: The challenge of "proof"...
bornagain77 Per Bob at 24 listing a WHO webpage promoting Climate Change doom and gloom hysteria, here is a website with... – The slow descent of “Science!” As...
bornagain77 at 22: AnimatedDust: "BA the David Barton video shows as unavailable." Here is a corrected link: The Devastating Effects When... – The slow descent of “Science!” As...
kairosfocus WJM, sorry, once you backed away from your acknowledgement that we are credibly embodied, it is over. The cascade of... – L&FP, 47: The challenge of "proof"...
Bob O'H ET - https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/climate-change-and-health – The slow descent of “Science!” As...
Eugene The absolute majority of people cannot comprehend that the Controllers behind the scene do not care about the people (or... – The Science is Settled — now...
groovamos S: Have you noticed the wildfires out west, the widespread drought, reservoirs falling to dangerously low levels, hydro-electric power stations... – The slow descent of “Science!” As...
Jack BA77: "Jack, if you have not noticed, I do not tailor my comments to please the whims of atheists. "... – Is “string theory world” in some...
AnimatedDust BA the David Barton video shows as unavaiable. – The slow descent of “Science!” As...