George Weigel – Uncommon Descent

At First Things, they are also getting over Darwinism

At some point, the question should become: Apart from their unquestioned capacity to wreck the careers of doubters, what exactly DID the Darwinists get right *that no one else did*?

kairosfocus Return of the Maori Battalion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9PuhVKE4xY – The Twin Peaks of the Second...
bornagain77 JVL states I think I’m far too Newtonian in my own head to contemplate there being no time. Likewise, It... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
kairosfocus OOPS, VC means, Victoria Cross. Like your Medal of Honor. Rare, and hard won, IIRC there were a few cases... – The Twin Peaks of the Second...
Viola Lee We've had this discussion before, and I'm not going to re-traverse it. But I'll summarize: if the past is a... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
kairosfocus JVL, I think, given what is going on, the old Swiss model might be highly relevant. That would give point... – The Twin Peaks of the Second...
kairosfocus Jerry, I give the Kiwis their due, man for man when the chips were down they were the most decorated... – The Twin Peaks of the Second...
bornagain77 As to the infinite regress argument as it is applied to the immaterial mind and its ability to know certain... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
bornagain77 VL states, There is a difference between a potential and an actual (or completed) infinity. There is no mathematical problem... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
capalas MJW says, "Also, materialism has not only been demolished; so has dualism. Idealism has been scientifically proved inasmuch as science... – Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why...
jerry There was a book written 4-5 years ago how how the common man has essentially determined the fate of the... – The Twin Peaks of the Second...
Barry Arrington KF, I am amazed at the depth of your knowledge of US history. You know volumes more than most citizens. – The Twin Peaks of the Second...
asauber "It’s not at all clear that the provincial government’s response to the pandemic was any better than what we might... – Philosopher Mary Midgeley (1919–2018) on scientism
Seversky If they find a black monolith, dimensions 1:4:9, let us know. – “‘Oumuamua is a spacecraft!” astronomer has...
doubter A collection of purported mysterious (alien technological?) objects already photographed on the Moon: https://www.pinterest.com/danielpure/mysterious-objects-on-the-moon/ . Mainly food for conspiracy theorists,... – “‘Oumuamua is a spacecraft!” astronomer has...
polistra The astronauts briefly explored six different places on the moon, and satellites have been scanning it at other times. If... – “‘Oumuamua is a spacecraft!” astronomer has...
pan dimensional AND HERES A KICKER!... these virtual particles that are said to just POOF into being.... are they being POOFED into... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
JVL Kairosfocus: Which definition of warrant are you using? https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/warrant – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
pan dimensional it is amazing how scared atheists are of intelligence! but here is food for thought for the atheist. 1-if abiogenesis... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
kairosfocus Jerry, as noted: the record is there for those who wish to see. I have adequate warrant and I will... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
kairosfocus JVL, there used to be regular musters for practice on the local green or the like. At Gettysburg, an old... – The Twin Peaks of the Second...
William J Murray KF @20: WJM, thermodynamics and energy flow. That’s why our world is temporal-causal, there is an arrow to time and... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...