nihilism – Uncommon Descent

Does Darwinism help produce anarchic nihilism?

A vid, less than three minutes, by John West, presents some evidence. From David Klinghoffer: But see how much nihilism has been justified and advocated by some very smart and influential people in the name of evolutionary theory.

Intelligent Design Philosophy Science

Claim: There are benefits to nihilism

Nihilism would suit the war on math and the war on science well because—for the nihilist—there are really no laws or facts anyway and those who pretend that there are such things are merely powerseekers like themselves. And, for the present, the defenders are less fashionable power seekers than the attackers.

EDTA Sev, >Owls can also see way better in the dark than we can. How come The Designer gave them better... – Airplane wing design: Design in nature...
EDTA WJM, >Imagine “nothing.” What is it? Blackness? Whiteness? A space absent of color and objects? All those are still things.... – Remember how endless cycles of universe...
Belfast @Seversky “ In other words, no one has any idea why we weren’t designed with better eyes as well as... – Airplane wing design: Design in nature...
bornagain77 CD, Penrose ignores his present high level critics as well as ignoring the Borde-Guth-Vilenkin theorem Penrose and His Critics Yet... – Why Roger Penrose’s cosmological theory doesn’t...
PaV Dogdoc: So here again, there is absolutely no possible observation that is excluded by ID – per the reasoning in... – Is Darwinism an "Empty Theory"?
jerry Far be it from me to defend ID as a valid scientific theory You are playing games. I didn’t ask... – Is Darwinism an "Empty Theory"?
PaV DogDoc@21: [ . . . ]my point was just that there is nothing in ID Theory that excludes the possibility... – Is Darwinism an "Empty Theory"?
jerry other words, no one has any idea why we weren’t designed with better eyes as well as better brains As... – Airplane wing design: Design in nature...
chuckdarwin Penrose won the Nobel Prize just a few months ago. So, I wouldn’t be quite so dismissive. He’s not the... – Why Roger Penrose’s cosmological theory doesn’t...
dogdoc Nonlin, Actually you can’t. Unsupported disagreements are not science. You’re confusing science with democracy. Perhaps this explains your reference to... – Is Darwinism an "Empty Theory"?
Nonlin.org @69 Actually you can't. Unsupported disagreements are not science. You're confusing science with democracy. Perhaps this explains your reference to... – Is Darwinism an "Empty Theory"?
bornagain77 Sev: "Owls can also see way better in the dark than we can. How come The Designer gave them better... – Airplane wing design: Design in nature...
dogdoc Jerry, ID is not a theory. If anyone believes it is a theory, then describe the theory. Far be it... – Is Darwinism an "Empty Theory"?
Origenes WJM @ Under MRT, what is an individual? I take it that the individual is not one thing on its... – Why (some) physicists think a multiverse...
Nonlin.org @65 You can't just "disagree" in science. And in fact you're "not even wrong" as you're not replying to my... – Is Darwinism an "Empty Theory"?
Lieutenant Commander Data If one could show randomness capable of creating the patterns we get from ID, that would falsify ID. Both theists... – Is Darwinism an "Empty Theory"?
Lieutenant Commander Data An atheist shouldn't talk about logic and mathematics because both are used to create codes(like DNA) so both exist before... – Remember how endless cycles of universe...
Seversky In other words, no one has any idea why we weren't designed with better eyes as well as better brains – Airplane wing design: Design in nature...
jerry suppose I was under the impression that Intelligent Design Theory was a theory, because, you know, the name I repeat... – Is Darwinism an "Empty Theory"?
Belfast @Zweston. I can’t fathom Pearlman either. I think his reference is to the Young Earth model. But if that is... – Why Roger Penrose’s cosmological theory doesn’t...
jerry I don’t see the problem with giving us better eyes as well as better brains One of the more stupider... – Airplane wing design: Design in nature...