machines – Uncommon Descent

Darwinism Intelligent Design Irreducible Complexity

Karsten Pultz on the limits of gradualism in evolution

Whether proteins can evolve or not will not in the least influence the argument for irreducible complexity. Function cannot evolve gradually.

Artificial Intelligence Mind

Life forms are not machines and neurons are not neural networks

From Mind Matters: Much popular literature leaves the impression that living organisms are machines or even billions of them linked together. For example, at Medium, we learn, Brains receive input from the outside world, their neurons do something to that input, and create an output. That output may be a thought (I want curry for Read More…

Origenes Seversky @27 1. The physical sciences are the touchstone of reality. I’d say it’s a question of “so far, so... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
Seversky Origenes/15 1. The physical sciences are the touchstone of reality. I'd say it's a question of "so far, so good."... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
Origenes Let us stop pretending that 'naturalism' is a worldview/philosophy. It is an enumeration of sciency stuff without internal coherence, axioms... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
martin_r CD, here you go, from a mainstream paper, ScienceDaily (2018) Loss of eye tissue in blind cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus), which... – Century of bird evolution knowledge overturned?
Seversky Origenes/17 “we present teleology brought to you by purely blind natural processes!” I think the word you're looking for is... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
PyrrhoManiac1 @15 Naturalism, according to Slagle: 1. The physical sciences are the touchstone of reality. 2. Causal closure of the physical.... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
PyrrhoManiac1 @291 I am pointing out something fairly obvious, that one who speaks with disregard to truth, disregards first principles of... – Is the Galton Board evidence for...
Seversky If consciousness and thoughts die when the physical brain dies then naturalism/physicalism/materialism are the better explanation. There is no supernatural,... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
asauber "WHEN YOU PEOPLE WILL FINALLY GET IT ????" They will do anything except acknowledge what exists. Andrew – Century of bird evolution knowledge overturned?
bornagain77 As well, Kevin Moran, an optical engineer who has studied the Shroud of Turin, describes the Shroud Image in this... – Is the Galton Board evidence for...
bornagain77 Various attempts have been made to find a mathematical workaround for this ‘infinite mathematical divide’ that exists between General Relativity... – Is the Galton Board evidence for...
bornagain77 EDTA per VJT: ”Does it even make sense to say that one and the same person has two distinct minds... – Is the Galton Board evidence for...
Origenes The Creation Problem. Let’s zoom out totally and go back in time a bit. Let’s go back to a time... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
Sandy If one thought exists then naturalism is impossible. Is that simple. – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
Origenes StephenB Ori: Do you agree with the following formulation (feel free to make improvements): Man alone is the cause of... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
StephenB Origenes: ---“Do you agree with the following formulation (feel free to make improvements):” Man alone is the cause of his... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
martin_r CD, Your sightless cave fish example is odd because it illustrates my point re natural selection. Every organ system requires... – Century of bird evolution knowledge overturned?
tangent EDTA, Why not post your comment over at TSZ, where VJT and others can respond to it? – Is the Galton Board evidence for...
EDTA At first glance, I'm a little bit surprised at VJT here. He is making a common mistake (made here also... – Is the Galton Board evidence for...
Querius Fasteddious @6, Thanks for pointing this out. I was pretty surprised when I first learned the putative ~1% difference between... – Human DNA evolution as a “balancing...
Querius Chuckdarwin @53, Now you are simply being obtuse and gratuitously satirical. Your resorting to an ad hominem attack means I’ve... – Century of bird evolution knowledge overturned?