idealism – Uncommon Descent

Simple, Unambigous Evidence We Do Not Live In An Objective, External Material World

When how I choose to observe a photon at a particular time and place can (1) instantaneously affect a photon a billion light years away and (2) retroactively changes the history of that photon (delayed choice quantum eraser), and when we have searched far, wide and deep and have not found any “matter,” we have Read More…

Intelligent Design

Mind vs Matter: the Result of an Error of Thought

(I think we’ve corrupted KF’s thread long enough.) The entire problem of mind/matter dualism is rooted in a single error of thought: the reification of an abstract descriptive model of experience into an causal agency independent of the mind that conceives it and the mental experience it is extrapolated from. It is similar to the Read More…

William J Murray Seversky @10 said: Jerry did not mention the 63 lawsuits filed contesting the results of the 2020 election. That does... – Peter Boghossian on the Woke and...
jerry Evidence and logic are irrelevant to an atheist till they believe they have a gotcha. Then logic 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...