metabolons – Uncommon Descent

Intelligent Design Medicine

Even cancer cells show more design than we might expect

An unsettling thought but it might provide clues to treatment.

paige KF I think, for cause, you need to rethink from ground up. Could you please refrain from the condescending attitude.... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
William J Murray In this case, clearly can be understood to mean the same as self-evidently. No, it doesn't. "That is not a... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
William J Murray KF said: repeating a classic error: Well, it would be had I not said, in the same comment: So, what... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
William J Murray Jerry said: This is pure nonsense. And then you basically make the same argument I just made. As I've said... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
kairosfocus WJM, repeating a classic error: Unfortunately for KF et al, oughts cannot be derived from an is. The “is” of... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
StephenB WJM: --- "It is clear that some things are as morally identifiable as a full-grown oak tree is visually identifiable,... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
tjguy Just personal opinion, but the Multiverse Hypothesis seems to me to be a desperate attempt by atheists to avoid the... – Science writer John Horgan on why...
kairosfocus Jerry, this all started with encountering Cicero on nature of law thus justice. Thus, that which leads to the stabilising... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
jerry The argument from consequences was answered above. It’s a no brainer. ... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
kairosfocus SB is right. KF – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
tjguy "Prof" Dave's videos are a HUGE hit with his fan base - which is his intended audience. He is putting... – “Professor Dave” goes after eminent chemist...
William J Murray Now that we've examined that, we can shed some light on the argument that KF et al are necessarily making.... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
jerry it’s an absurd argument because oughts are necessarily about preference. You are, essentially, trying to argue that I ought not... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
William J Murray Karen McMannus, I appreciate your support and kind words. I think you'll really enjoy the following. Kind of long, but... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
jerry This has been about two things, Christianity and Kf’s long and often hard to understand OP’s and comments (I rarely... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
polistra The random wordsalad "There's something it's like to be me" is NOT the product of a thinking human, and it's... – Could artificial intelligence change the mind–body...
StephenB ---"Karen Macmannus: He [WjM] does. You do. I do. We all do. [Admit that it is self-evidenty true that it... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
kairosfocus BA77, please do not further feed the needless toxic distraction. I accept that you respond under right of reply, but... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
bornagain77 Karen McMannus quotes 1 Samuel 15:2-3, 1 Samuel 15:2-3, God commanded Saul and the Israelites, “This is what YHWH shaddai... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
kairosfocus Jerry, it is, sadly, increasingly plain to me that it is going to take a shipwreck to sort out this... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
kairosfocus KM, your wearisome projections to the despised other fail. You have been repeatedly directed to where you can find a... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...