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.

Querius How about it, Jerry? -Q – Egnor vs. Dillahunty: 11. Is evil...
Querius Kairosfocus @111, Q, a self-referentially incoherent position is not defensible on rational grounds, especially as it denies the possibility of... – Is there such a thing as...
Origenes JVL: If you’re not really interested in finding out what people who disagree with you are saying (.... ) I... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
bornagain77 As to Shubin, it is interesting to note that a few months ago Casey Luskin quoted Shubin himself in his... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
jerry you failed to point to a single research result cited by Dr Shubin that you find relevant. If you can’t... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
jerry Can you point to a particular result cited by Dr Shubin in his book that you think is incorrect or... – Only at Salon: The human neck...
JVL Origenes: Stop telling me to read the entire book. Do better. Please cite Shubin’s justification for his protein story, so... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
Origenes JVL: If you’re not going to even bother to read the background and justification then is there a point trying... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
bornagain77 To provide empirical evidence for the claim that this massive amount of information is coming into the developing embryo ‘from... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
bornagain77 At 19: Origenes: "If a brain is built succesfully, massive information is needed. This information does not have to be... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
JVL Jerry: All the authors on evolution and it seems Shubin is no different commit the logical fallacy of begging the... – Only at Salon: The human neck...
JVL ET: I didn’t propose anything. I was responding to seversky’s nonsense. I had posted: And why is that? Are you... – Only at Salon: The human neck...
JVL ET: And yet if he can’t answer that then his book is just nonsense. No, it's not nonsense. He was... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
JVL Origenes: It seems like you have indeed misrepresented Shubin. Hard to say if you haven't actually read the book. According... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
jerry If you want to read an honest Darwinist, look at the brief description I posted on Wilcox. He tentatively accepts... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
kairosfocus MNY, I wrote for needed record. KF – Is there such a thing as...
jerry All the authors on evolution and it seems Shubin is no different commit the logical fallacy of begging the question.... – Only at Salon: The human neck...
Origenes Shubin: These proteins both hold cells together, as in the skin, and serve as a way for cells to communicate... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
ET JVL: Was that the point of his book? I don’t think so. And yet if he can't answer that then... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
ET I didn't propose anything. I was responding to seversky's nonsense. I had posted: And AGAIN, extant life is NOT the... – Only at Salon: The human neck...
Origenes JVL: Why don’t you read it and find out? Maybe I have misrepresented what it says. It seems like you... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...