Geoffrey Simmons – Uncommon Descent

Animal minds Intelligent Design Science fiction

A science fiction writer explains why he thinks life is more than just matter

Geoffrey Simmons, author of The Adam Experiment, points out that many animals and even bacteria show behavior that seems like thinking.

relatd kairosfocus at 54, "correctives" of what? There is an overwhelming fear among some that their fortress of science will be... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
kairosfocus Relatd, have a look at the UD Weak Argument Correctives under the Resources tab. KF – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
relatd Jerry at 50, Are you kidding me? Or to put it another way, Are you kidding me!!!? What is being... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
relatd kairosfocus at 50, Not very helpful. The dividing line is this: Science as god. Responsible to no one. No need... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
jerry the Catholic Church specifically states that God is the cause of causes. Things don’t just happen by accident, including the... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
kairosfocus Relatd, the issue is first that design exists, inferred per reliable sign; in the world of cell based life and... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
relatd It is obvious that design exists in nature. There is no need, according to science, to connect it to God/gods... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
kairosfocus PS, Plato goes on Record: Ath [enian Stranger in The Laws, Bk X 2,360 ya]. . . .[The avant garde... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
kairosfocus Jerry, if you are trying to comment on my response, your questions are simplistic and distractive. It is not an... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
jerry In other words you can not answer my simple. questions. – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
Lieutenant Commander Data Jerry KF the terms are in context philosophical Nonsense. Define each. And if you do, are they all inclusive, overlapping,... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
jerry whatever you present. My bet is it doesn’t do what you think it does If it existed it would be... – How could we test universal common...
kairosfocus Jerry, kindly note, in context. We deal here with worldviews and critical analysis thereof on comparative difficulties, not religious traditions.... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
jerry the terms are in context philosophical Nonsense. Define each. And if you do, are they all inclusive, overlapping, mutually exclusive?... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
AaronS1978 I hate this type of genetic determinism – Epigenetics: Editing epigenome decreased alcoholism in...
polistra The picture suspiciously resembles a plucked chicken. – At Mind Matters News: Could the...
Lieutenant Commander Data Chuckdarwin If you accept the “design principle” then implied is that everything, ultimately, is designed. Yep. When you are right... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
doubter I don't think so. The fossil evidence (or more accurately the lack of such evidence) dictates against this idea. The... – At Mind Matters News: Could the...
ET For AlanFred: There aren’t any known naturalistic mechanisms capable of producing universal common descent starting from some populations of prokaryotes. – How could we test universal common...
kairosfocus CD, again, a first duty is truth, another right reason, a third warrant (part of prudence). These are foundational to... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
ET Intelligent Design does not say anything about worship. Nothing about the who, how, whey, when and where to worship. ID... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...