K-T extinction – Uncommon Descent

At Smithsonian Magazine: Why birds survived but not dinosaurs

Researchers: Beaked birds had the advantage that they could live on seeds from destroyed forests until new vegetation grew again.

Evolution extinction Intelligent Design

The mammals who crawled out after the dinosaurs died, 66 mya

Now, will those remains bolster textbook Darwinism or help sink it? Or in-between? We shall see.

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...
JVL Kairosfocus: Which definition of warrant are you using? https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/warrant – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
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...
William J Murray WLM, the general scientific consensus is that our physical universe began about 15 billion years ago. What perspective are you... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
kairosfocus VL, 14 is more like it, it keeps bouncing 13.7 to 13.8 or so. KF – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
kairosfocus WJM, thermodynamics and energy flow. That's why our world is temporal-causal, there is an arrow to time and things happen,... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
Viola Lee WLM, the general scientific consensus is that our physical universe began about 15 billion years ago. What perspective are you... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
William J Murray VL said: We all know it had a beginning. No, we do not all know that. – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
Viola Lee re 13: I, and the general philosophical question, is not just about the physical universe we live in. We all... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
William J Murray Mr Arrington said: They most certainly have not. This statement is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the first cause... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
Barry Arrington WJM The quantum eraser and delayed choice experiments have rendered the philosophical arguments about a linear-time “first cause” obsolete and... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
JVL ET: If you can’t measure it, does it exist, scientifically? Excellent question! I have no answer. I think I'm far... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
ET To get rid of those turtles all Viola or anyone has to do is come up with a coherent theory... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
William J Murray The classical concept of "causal chains" has been disproved by quantum physics. What we are left with are two different... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
Barry Arrington VL W hat is the nature of whatever next level of reality out of which our universe has arisen” We... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
Barry Arrington VL But if there has “always” been something beyond nature, that just introduces another stack of turtles. No, it points... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
Barry Arrington VL there is always another turtle Well OK then. Not just Coyne. – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...