hands – Uncommon Descent

Human evolution Intelligent Design

An oldie from 2015: Human hands are “more primitive” than chimp hands

When we consider the difference in manual achievement, isn’t that a further argument for human exceptionalism?

JVL Chuckdarwin and PyrrhoManiac1: Time to move on. Your views will not be taken seriously as in, they will not be... – Update on Materialism
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