Quote of Month – Uncommon Descent

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Design Disquisitions: Quote of the Month-Robin Collins on Why ID isn’t Science

It’s been a while sorry, but here’s my latest: Quote of the Month: Robin Collins on why ID isn’t a part of science

Design Disquisitions: Quote of the Month-Cornelius Hunter on the Unfalsifiability of Evolution

This month’s quote is by Cornelius Hunter, followed by a few brief thoughts on falsifiability in science. Let me know what you think: Quote of the Month: Cornelius Hunter on the Unfalsifiability of Evolution

William J Murray KF said: By our nature we are conscience guided ... Sorry, KF, you don't get that one for free. Until... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
William J Murray CC, First, I want to tell you that I greatly appreciate the way you are engaging in this discussion. It's... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
jerry There is an old saying Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Concealed Citizen WJM, Changing that worldview led to further thought experiments and ideas, which led to new experiments as innovations in technology... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
kairosfocus WJM, I will pick up just one point for now: >>Just because most people would find X behavior “shocking to... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Concealed Citizen WJM @855, All interesting questions, but not relevant AFAICT to what physicists do, which is run experiments on physical objects... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
William J Murray CC said: Umm, well, physicists have various views about that, but it doesn’t matter what they think ultimately underlies phenomena,... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Concealed Citizen WJM: We experience the shared mental experience world directly, so it is not hypothetical. There is no "shared mental experience."... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Sandy William J MurrayMarch 8, 2021 at 4:20 am People think about things that exist as thoughts or mental images, memories... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
jerry You mean I can’t have 3.5 bags of sugar? Nope. A half bag is a different entity from a whole... – Sabine Hossenfelder asks, Do complex numbers...
William J Murray CC said: MRT posits a “hypothetical world” too, We experience the shared mental experience world directly, so it is not... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Concealed Citizen WJM: Of course, most physicists continue to attempt to interpret the results of QM experimentation in a way that salvages... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Concealed Citizen ET: People have seen the aliens, though. So either News is calling millions of people liars or News just hasn’t... – Could Earth be in quarantine from...
Concealed Citizen C. Elegans (roundworm) perceives color without eyes Differentiating between frequencies of electromagnetism is not "perceiving color." Color is a subjective... – C. Elegans (roundworm) perceives color without...
Concealed Citizen Jerry: The only numbers that exist in our universe are positive integers that enumerate individual entities. You mean I can't... – Sabine Hossenfelder asks, Do complex numbers...
William J Murray People think about things that exist as thoughts or mental images, memories or mental experiences, and then use them as... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
martin_r Darwinists believe in miracles ... Darwinism = a miracle after a miracle after a miracle after a miracle ... C.elegans... – C. Elegans (roundworm) perceives color without...
Concealed Citizen WJM: What’s absurd here is that people are arguing that unless a hypothetical world exists that we have no capacity... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Concealed Citizen WJM: If anyone wants to make a case that something “exists” outside of mind, it’s really simple. Point at something... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
kairosfocus Jerry, history always has particularities and debates. However the epochal state documents were there at key points, capturing where thought... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
anthropic Enjoyed until the mandatory nonsense about how CLIMATE CHANGE WILL KILL US ALL was injected at the end. Droughts are... – C. Elegans (roundworm) perceives color without...