Future of Humanity Institute – Uncommon Descent

Extraterrestrial life Fine tuning Intelligent Design

Life is rare in the universe—IF there is no design

It would make a lot of sense for astrobiologists to be fans of intelligent design theory. Eventually, they will fall and hit their heads and realize that.

jerry Evidence and logic are irrelevant to an atheist till they believe they have a gotcha. Then it overrides everything no... – At Mind Matters News: Why believe...
polistra Why is Karsten still attending and giving money to a church that explicitly doesn't want him there, and explicitly treats... – Karsten Pultz on the Church of...
jerry Disingenuous and wrong nearly 100% of the time Jerry did not mention the 63 lawsuits Jerry did not say anything... – Peter Boghossian on the Woke and...
bornagain77 Seversky states, However much you believe otherwise, the theory of evolution says nothing about human beings or any other animals... – Stephen Hawking was Sometimes Embarrassingly Stupid
polistra Good point. Maybe the effect should be renamed, since cocktail parties were never a typical experience for most humans. Filtering... – From Hugh Ross: Language involves biological...
BobRyan Bob O'H: To say something should exist is very different from having witnessed something. If something is not witnessed and... – Michael Egnor: Here’s why an argument...
Bob O'H We never observe black holes just as we never can observe the Big Bang. We can only infer — by... – Michael Egnor: Here’s why an argument...
Karen McMannus chuckdarwin: That it may have originally evolved in aquatic vs. terrestrial fauna is more significant. However, it is not clear... – Would you believe… that the brain-eye...
Querius Seversky @17, Third, Christians are only able to hold a consistent set of beliefs about their faith by ignoring significant... – Stephen Hawking was Sometimes Embarrassingly Stupid
Querius Seversky @16, The only people here who "pontificate" are those who make completely unsupported assertions under the assumption that their... – Stephen Hawking was Sometimes Embarrassingly Stupid
Querius Eukaryotic microorganisms are extremely successful and supposedly are far more evolved than most other organisms on the planet. They react... – At Scientific American: Why we live...
Querius In science, a strong theory is able to anticipate findings in future research, a poor theory has lousy predictive ability... – Would you believe… that the brain-eye...
Pearlman arrogance and confirmation bias, a winning combo to help retard science. why so many Hi IQ 'experts' are the biggest... – Karsten Pultz on the Church of...
Karen McMannus Seversky, Not sure where you live, or what your understanding of the legal issues are in the USA, but absolutely... – Peter Boghossian on the Woke and...
Seversky Bornagain77/12 First off, in the reductive materialism of Darwinian evolution, human beings are to be considered the higher level of... – Stephen Hawking was Sometimes Embarrassingly Stupid
Upright BiPed . Seversky, An unknown source of intelligence organized a set of symbols, referents, and constraints in order to be able... – Would you believe… that the brain-eye...
Seversky Querius/9 Obviously, as Seversky pointed out, scientists’ opinions outside their fields are likely to be as opinionated and wrong as... – Stephen Hawking was Sometimes Embarrassingly Stupid
bornagain77 While Upright BiPed forever waits for a honest Darwinist to come along and engage him in a forthright manner, and... – Would you believe… that the brain-eye...
Seversky William J Murray/9 Whether or not they were lies is irrelevant to Jerry’s point; which side shuts down (or tries... – Peter Boghossian on the Woke and...
ET Earth to seversky: Just because INTELLIGENT DESIGN is NOT about the Designer(s) doesn't prevent anyone from trying to determine who... – Would you believe… that the brain-eye...
ET The paper Waiting for TWO Mutations, was a misguided attempt to refute something that Michael Behe had said. However, what... – Would you believe… that the brain-eye...