foxes – Uncommon Descent

Evolution Human evolution Intelligent Design Mind

Taming the silver fox, taming ourselves…? Oh, please…

The idea that we humans “tamed ourselves” over the generations, on the face of it, it fails a logical test. Who decided that that was a good idea? Who created the benchmark? Why? Why didn’t the bonobos do it?

kairosfocus CD, you wish. That the reigning, domineering orthodoxy of evolutionary materialistic scientism is fatally cracked, being self refuting is breakthrough,... – Update on Materialism
kairosfocus F/N: Let's establish some facts: https://reason.com/2012/03/21/how-does-the-brain-secrete-morality/ How Does the Brain Secrete Morality? Pondering the neuroscience of moral platitudes, free will,... – Update on Materialism
relatd PM1 at 11, With all due respect, you don't know what you're talking about. Newspaper editors review "opinion" pieces. Newspapers... – Update on Materialism
PyrrhoManiac1 @10 It was an opinion piece, in the opinion section of a newspaper -- no one expects those to meet... – Update on Materialism
relatd Ba77 at 9, I'm a working editor. For the record, I am FOR professionalism in journalism. The article in the... – Update on Materialism
bornagain77 Mr. Arrington, Reading some of the 'no real content' comments from atheists trying to defend the insanity of Darwinian materialism,... – Update on Materialism
relatd Jery at 37, If you're going to quote Os Guinness, do it right. Especially for those who never heard of... – Os Guinness: The Magna Carta of...
jerry Os Guinness seems to believe a religious change is necessary to save the current world. While this maybe true, it... – Os Guinness: The Magna Carta of...
relatd BA at 3, I've also been at this type of non-discussion for a long time. Lies? In the minds of... – Update on Materialism
William J Murray Origenes @61, Your inference is incorrect. There is literally no way, even in principle, I can ever know or gather... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
relatd Sad that elaborate philosophical arguments by men seek to obscure or hide obvious truths. And only truth matters, not what... – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...
AnimatedDust BA, after you smacked down Sev about changing the subject, he's gotten very quiet. One can hope you got through... – Update on Materialism
Origenes WJM @ Which experiments in quantum mechanics support the following: The evidence is clear: materialism/physicalism has been as scientifically disproved... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
chuckdarwin BA Assume what you want. In fact, assume arguendo that you are right. Without addressing my point, your "refutation" of... – Update on Materialism
PyrrhoManiac1 Classic. Pyrrho goes full on “insane denial.” Deny a well understood concept. In the face of correction deny, deny, deny,... – Update on Materialism
Barry Arrington Chuck, Once again, I assume you have nothing to refute the OP. Yes, I understand you want to change the... – Update on Materialism
Barry Arrington PyrrhoManiac1 For you, all the work is being done by the word “essential”. I certainly don’t know what you mean... – Update on Materialism
chuckdarwin ChuckDarwin: “at some point you will have to come up with a testable alternative model to explain behavior, including ‘beliefs.’”... – Update on Materialism
William J Murray Origenes @59, 30 years of personal, first-hand experimentation on daily basis using techniques such as meditation, visualization, affirmation, subconscious deprogramming... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
PyrrhoManiac1 I said that under materialism a brain and a liver are not ESSENTIALLY different. Pyrrho asserts that a brain and... – Update on Materialism
Origenes WJM @ Which experiments specifically have convinced you that there is “no such thing as an external, objective world, no... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...