Minimal self – Uncommon Descent

Sentience: Is it wrong to boil a lobster alive?

In Switzerland, it is now illegal to boil a lobster alive. Are the Swiss right? Is it cruel? The question bears on the concept of a self.

polistra Flowering plants and some animals have a two-way strategy. Reproduce by budding or stolons when things are stable and comfy,... – How animals survive without sexual reproduction
ET seversky: I am not aware of any scientist or philosopher of science who thought that the environment acted like an... – Darwinism’s legacy of confusion in biology
polistra Ends vs means is a complex balance, with no automatic rule. If the end is good, I'm not bothered by... – Trust in science: How the replication...
ET Debates are akin to duels. If you don't know what you are talking about then you get exposed as a... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
ET It is very telling that Bob O'H doesn't understand the implications of: In other words if the environment changes, so... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
mohammadnursyamsu The major problem with natural selection theory is that it puts prejudical focus on competition scenario's. So that you get... – Darwinism’s legacy of confusion in biology
PaV Here's an interesting paper on Darwin's (potentially flawed) of what artificial selection involved. Part of the Abstract: In this paper... – Darwinism’s legacy of confusion in biology
Querius Thanks, Silver Asiatic and Bornagain77! So considering the debate between philosopher Dr. Greg Bahnsen and atheist physiologist Dr. Gordon Stein,... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
bornagain77 Querius, Bingo. All arguments for atheism are logically self refuting nonsense. Moreover, via 'the argument from reason', we can even... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
AaronS1978 Sev we literally post hundreds of argyle that have that exact narrative here on UD I’m mean hell just look... – Darwinism’s legacy of confusion in biology
Querius Bob O'H @49, Oh, so I managed to get a response from you . . . but you still haven't... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Silver Asiatic Querius Good thoughts. It’s never been the purpose of ID since its inception to identify any particular agency of that... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
Silver Asiatic Bob O'H And even in that simple case, the motions look random. So saying “it’s random so it can’t be... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
zweston Bob, have you ever doubted darwinism? And what do you think are the three best proofs of macroevolution? – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Querius Bornagain77, The argument from evil is certainly not a powerful argument. If fact it is a logically self refuting argument.... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
chuckdarwin #7:Silver Asiatic SA, thank you for your comments, you are always gracious. – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
Seversky The central problem with such claims is that the environment is not conscious, as depicted, e.g., in the Disney movie... – Darwinism’s legacy of confusion in biology
bornagain77 CD, I disagree that logical argumentation is useless. And if you really believed that logical argumentation was useless, then why... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
bornagain77 Seversky, and has it occurred to that there so many arguments for the existence of God because God is the... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
Querius Silver Asiatic @7, Christianity, for example, is not an intellectual formula where you just plug into the logic and then... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
Bob O'H Querius - if you're going to talk about me behind my back, it really helps to do so somewhere where... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...