MIT Media Lab – Uncommon Descent

Science organizations continue to reel from Jeffrey Epstein “bombshells”

A MIT Media Lab director kept Epstein’s name off the records in such a way as to make it hard to claim they did not know there was a problem.

Fred Hickson Now, can I repeat my question to Upright Biped, Do you have a preferred version of your semiotic hypothesis that... – At Evolution News: Günter Bechly repudiates...
Fred Hickson Here's another paper looking for evolutionary clues in comparing aaRSs which cover in much more detail points I have tried... – At Evolution News: Günter Bechly repudiates...
vividbleau For all of Jholo’s self righteous preening over people of color the abortion rate by black women is 5 times... – DEVELOPING, the US Supreme Court reverses...
Fred Hickson It seems to me that African slaves were also once considered not to be “human” either, but a prehuman vestige... – DEVELOPING, the US Supreme Court reverses...
vividbleau “I grasp the fact that a feeling, thinking person’s rights to what happens with her body…” Correct me if I... – DEVELOPING, the US Supreme Court reverses...
relatd For those who think a pre-born baby is not allowed to live because it has not been born, there is... – DEVELOPING, the US Supreme Court reverses...
Fred Hickson UB at 723 Here again is the question: Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase (aaRS) play one of the critical roles in establishing... – At Evolution News: Günter Bechly repudiates...
tjguy "However, it’s relevant to note that just finding carbon-12 is not a signature of life. Carbon is the 4th most... – Mars Curiosity Rover Collects Rock Samples...
relatd JH at 285, If you were a fertilized egg, an embryo and fetus, would it be OK to kill you... – DEVELOPING, the US Supreme Court reverses...
kairosfocus JH, there is and can be no right to kill another at will and you know it. The rights of... – DEVELOPING, the US Supreme Court reverses...
relatd CD at 13, I can't tell you where I'm a moderator. Keep in mind that what you call pandering to... – Why Darwinism can be taught in...
Querius It seems to me that African slaves were also once considered not to be "human" either, but a prehuman vestige... – DEVELOPING, the US Supreme Court reverses...
chuckdarwin ET/14 But it is just as probable, perhaps more so, that Christianity is the Big Lie. So who’s kidding who... – Why Darwinism can be taught in...
dogdoc I don't understand what is meant by "material" in these discussions. Are quantum fields "material"? Is spacetime "material"? These things... – Michael Egnor: Is consciousness the sort...
Fred Hickson Upright Biped comment 720 From another thread… [quoting] Fred: My initial point that RNA World refutes Upright Biped’s hypothesis is... – At Evolution News: Günter Bechly repudiates...
dogdoc Fasteddious@5, I had written my response offline, posted before seeing yours. We are indeed very closely aligned! Here are a... – Five Reasons Why AI Programs Are...
dogdoc Fasteddious@5, I had written my response offline, posted it before seeing yours. We are indeed very closely aligned! Here are... – Five Reasons Why AI Programs Are...
Fasteddious The article says, "living creatures on Earth use the smaller, lighter carbon-12 atom". How do living creatures tell C12 from... – Mars Curiosity Rover Collects Rock Samples...
ET The main issue is that Fred thinks that the environment selects. It doesn't. The environment eliminates. And yes, there is... – At Live Science: Why can't we...
Fasteddious As humans were made in the image of God, and as God is Spirit, then his image is spiritual, and... – Michael Egnor: Is consciousness the sort...
ET seversky: ID can’t be taught as science in high school science classes as an established scientific theory because it isn’t.... – Why Darwinism can be taught in...