gears – Uncommon Descent

Darwinism Intelligent Design Natural selection

Mike Behe looks at the actual gears in bugs

In relation to claims about Darwinian natural selection just happening to find that solution

bornagain77 In short, and in what a consider to be a shining example of poetic justice, the atheist, in his denial... – Some at-your-fingertips stats on human–chimp similarity
bornagain77 As I pointed out yesterday, "Everything that is truly important (about being a human), and that can be said to... – Some at-your-fingertips stats on human–chimp similarity
Sandy I mean . . . if there is energy or mass just appearing from out of nowhere I would think... – Rob Sheldon on the current trend...
kairosfocus Origines, take it as suggesting proneness to error so steps need to be taken to provide credible warrant. Where, it... – Is there such a thing as...
JVL Kairosfocus: In the case of God, it is more, the root of reality who created the cosmos and sustains it... – Rob Sheldon on the current trend...
JVL Eugene: and finally there is this dice, which someone somewhere throws every so often so the wavefunctions somehow produce these... – Rob Sheldon on the current trend...
JVL Seekers: but the point is they are open about the possibility of an intelligence being accountable for the universe and... – Rob Sheldon on the current trend...
Origenes @ 158 —Q I would like to make sure that I understand the difference between objective and subjective statements. Some... – Is there such a thing as...
mohammadnursyamsu The point is that both subjectivity and objectivity are logical. It can be discovered how they function, by looking at... – Is there such a thing as...
kairosfocus Q: why do so many feel free to assault the first principles of civliisation and thought nowadays, without embarrassment? What... – Is there such a thing as...
kairosfocus JVL, let's refocus. If your "mind" is a mere matter of molecules in motion under the influence of blind chance... – Rob Sheldon on the current trend...
kairosfocus CD, non theist ID is very much a reality, there are more worldviews than are dreamt of in your philosophy.... – Rob Sheldon on the current trend...
martin_r Darwinian 'science': "Major Climate Paper Withdrawn By Nature" A major scientific paper, which claimed to have found rapid warming in... – Science writer asks: Why are medical...
kairosfocus F/N: I see MNY is now reduced to trying to suggest AmHD is an arbitrary dictionary. That speaks volumes, reference... – Is there such a thing as...
kairosfocus Q, actually, the first principles of right reason are "in de list," and both were and are controversial for many... – Is there such a thing as...
polistra This is really a continuation of a very old practice. 500 years ago scientists were usually paid by an aristocratic... – Science writer asks: Why are medical...
Eugene > To say that similarities prove common descent ignores a logical possibility: that common features may instead be due to... – Jonathan Witt: Why is common descent...
Sandy Read St. Athanasios the Great, John of Damascus . – Egnor vs. Dillahunty: 11. Is evil...
Eugene JVL @5, > how does such a being, IF they exist, interact with physical objects? What do you mean by... – Rob Sheldon on the current trend...
aarceng I would expect common descent within the created kinds. The pair of cats from the Ark giving rise to the... – Jonathan Witt: Why is common descent...
Querius Origenes @157, The only way out of darkness is by increasing one’s awareness. Yet our awareness is similarly tainted. We... – Is there such a thing as...