J. C. Phillips – Uncommon Descent

Flap over use of term “intelligent design” in PNAS paper

It’s possible that what Phillips means by “positive Darwinian selection” is random selection that looks a lot like design. The sin is in actually using words that imply that that IS what it looks like. Just when it looks like they’ve hammered everything into submission, another bulge appears.

EDTA Typical materialist view of what "church" is: just a social club. Yes, social media can (barely) substitute for a social... – A philosopher wonders if we will...
EDTA Harry @ 23. Very well said. Thank you. – Were the Nazis on the Right...
Mac McTavish I have always thought that classifying ideas as left, right, socialist, etc causes more problems than it solves. Why can’t... – Were the Nazis on the Right...
AaronS1978 Hey did anyone see that article on science mag that ai is evolving itself Seems like a super big claim... – Eric Holloway: Evolution and artificial intelligence...
Truthfreedom 164 JVL ???? If I have 47 results regarding a phenomenon and 32 of them roughly agree then it’s not... – The smog is beginning to clear...
Querius What an excellent post, Harry! As Mao once said, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." And... – Were the Nazis on the Right...
kairosfocus ET, Sev, capacity for evil is another way -- loaded of course -- of saying genuinely free. As in capable... – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies
JVL ET: JVL is still clueless. “Mainstream science” doesn’t know how nature could have produced the genetic code. It doesn’t even... – The smog is beginning to clear...
JVL You have a fatal flaw in your position JVL. You use a glaring double standard in your reasoning, causing your... – The smog is beginning to clear...
JVL Truthfreedom: You can’t know that the reasoning above leads to truth because you don’t trust your brain. ???? If I... – The smog is beginning to clear...
Upright BiPed . Oh and Bob ... just one more thing. Anytime you want to explore additional details of the semiotic argument... – Why “statistical significance” is corrupting science
polistra No problem. Evolution and AI are fashionable, so they will continue to get all the money and power. – Eric Holloway: Evolution and artificial intelligence...
Truthfreedom 18 Bob O'H Tf– I certainly can’t know all of the contents. Then you can't judge them as "being preached... – Why “statistical significance” is corrupting science
Upright BiPed . Facepalm So Bob, when you conjured up distributive system theory to argue that that the gene system could be... – Why “statistical significance” is corrupting science
Truthfreedom There is not such a thing as scientifically provable "random evolution". There is: - "we scientists can not know all... – Eric Holloway: Evolution and artificial intelligence...
Truthfreedom AWhat? Machine learning systems are focused on specific processes from which they are unable to deviate. If the machines were... – A philosopher wonders if we will...
Bob O'H Tf - I certainly can't know all of the contents. But if a paper is titled "A proof of e... – Why “statistical significance” is corrupting science
Truthfreedom 15 Bob O'H It’s certainly invalid to say something that doesn’t make any sense. What would you say of a... – Why “statistical significance” is corrupting science
Truthfreedom Bob O'H I have the expertise and knowledge to be able to evaluate the broad thrust of the special issue... – Why “statistical significance” is corrupting science
kairosfocus Re: Outsourcing We should outsource philosophy to AI. KF – A philosopher wonders if we will...
Bob O'H UB @ 13 - it's certainly invalid to say something that doesn't make any sense. Even if I knew what... – Why “statistical significance” is corrupting science