macaques – Uncommon Descent

Paranthropus: But, on the other hand, ARE those stones actually tools?

Elbein: “The monkeys — long-tailed macaques — seem to have made their artifacts by accident, not by design. But in many ways, that only makes the finding more disruptive.”

Human evolution Intelligent Design Mind Neuroscience

Researchers: Human neurons mature more slowly than those of chimpanzees and macaques

Interesting but not really a surprise because humans mature more slowly generally and live longer. No big news here that accounts for human uniqueness.

Genetics Intelligent Design

Eric Holloway: Are transgenic monkeys – with some human genes – partly human?

Holloway: Of course, the real question is, what is the dividing line between animals and humans? At least, it is not memory or processing speed.

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critical rationalist @KF CR: While this seemed like a good foundation roughly 100 years ago, when empiricism was conceived, KF: Not relevant... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist 1: No-one has sought to define knowledge as justified, true belief, as a clue, consider the import of “warrant” in... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist @Origenes 99 I have made an earlier attempt to read this alleged “refutation” of Dykes and failed. An earlier attempt... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist PyrrhoManiac1 Slightly off-topic, but related: I recently read Erik Larson’s The Myth of Artificial Intelligence in which abduction — or... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
Origenes CR @98 I have made an earlier attempt to read this alleged "refutation" of Dykes and failed. Totally unreadable. – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist @Origenes Your advice, please. While you could have searched for it, the link to the refutation of Dykes on Popper... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
bornagain77 Off topic: A Power Grid in Muscle Cells Has Profound Design Implications David Coppedge - March 27, 2023 Excerpt: Research... – If two snowflakes are identical, does...
Origenes With all the negativity aimed at "empiricism", and the intense distrust of our senses, one has to wonder how fallibilism... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
kairosfocus CR, continuing, on theory laden observations etc, per your clip: >>Empiricism is the idea that all knowledge comes to us... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
PyrrhoManiac1 I don't know much Popper, but from what's being reported here about his views, I should give him some serious... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
kairosfocus CR, I respond on points: >>Knowledge is not justified, true belief.>> 1: No-one has sought to define knowledge as justified,... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
Origenes CR Deutsch: “And since inductivism is false, empiricism must be as well." Question: is Deutsch's theory about inductivism mere unjustifiable... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist Already addressed. But, to again quote Deutsch... “And since inductivism is false, empiricism must be as well. For if one... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
Ford Prefect Alan Fox writes: He may have done and I’ve missed it but I doubt he would have received the courtesy... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
Origenes CR Theory aways comes first. You are a Popperian through and through. Dykes also refutes this weird idea: Popper’s notion... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist We the little people know nothing, we do not even know that the sun will come up tomorrow. This is... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist You mean the... "a lot of stuff on Hume’s position on induction, not Popper’s", mentioned above? Popper's solution to the... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
Origenes Dykes quoting Popper on Hume According to Popper, Hume had shown that: “there is no argument of reason which permits... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
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critical rationalist It appears you merely looked for references that suited your purpose. Why am I not supprised? From A Refutation of... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...