Robert Shapiro – Uncommon Descent

Cell biology Intelligent Design Origin Of Life

Origin of life specialist suggested that ID folk should focus on the ribosome

Harvard’s George Church: And if I were to be an intelligent design defender, that’s what I would focus on; how did the ribosome come to be?

Intelligent Design Origin Of Life

Ancient cataclysms and modern conflicts in origin of life studies

The main topic of a recent Science article is a claim that life on Earth was jumpstarted by a very early hit by a moon-size object that precipitated a metallic hailstorm. But while sketching that scenario, which wowed a 2018 conference in Atlanta in October, Robert F. Service also recounts some of the more interesting Read More…

kairosfocus Jerry, the issue is not merits, rights, publications etc. It is, that we have determined lawless ideological oligarchs who have... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
jerry That’s not to say that therefore strong emergence is a hopeless concept Of course it's hopeless. It is self refuting... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
PyrrhoManiac1 David Chalmers is probably the living philosopher with whom I most enjoy disagreeing. He is utterly brilliant and I always... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
kairosfocus Origenes With emergentism, a new type of causation has been introduced: causation from insufficient causes. An obvious violation of the... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
jerry A comment from 17 years ago I hope this will erase the complacency on this web site that ID is... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
Origenes ~ “external criticism” KF: PM1, you tried to set up a frame that invites an insulation around internalism. PM1: I... – Is the Galton Board evidence for...
Origenes Sandy @74 ~The (strong) emergence concept stems from the extreme reductionist mindset. Chalmers: We can say that a high-level phenomenon... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
kairosfocus PS, by weak form, I here imply that for any A that is/is not/may be/may not be/ is impossible, we... – Is the Galton Board evidence for...
kairosfocus PM1, yes, you did make such claims and continue to do so. However, we both know that a material issue... – Is the Galton Board evidence for...
kairosfocus HN42, excellent question. I find in the Chalmers corpus: We can say that a high-level phenomenon is strongly emergent with... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
kairosfocus PM1, it is precisely because of the slipperiness of "naturalism," that I draw out briefly, the focal form, evolutionary materialistic... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
bornagain77 Seversky at 71 pays lip service to valuing empirical evidence Sev: "You could say it (empirical evidence) has more practical... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
hnorman42 Regarding strong emergence -- Is there any way to test for the difference between strong emergence and not having any... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
Querius Whistler @64 and Bornagain77 @69, I've mentioned this before in other posts, but it bears repeating. The earliest example in... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
Sandy Origenes Emergentism is the hypothesis that something that cannot be explained from its parts nonetheless follows(?) from its parts and... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
StephenB Origenes: I am asking you to please reconsider your statement. Suppose you walk in the street, can it be said... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
vividbleau Sev 71 So what? Vivid – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
Origenes ~ Eric Anderson on **emergence** It is true that we can use words (like “instinct”) to describe things that are... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
bornagain77 Seversky is upset about a very questionable quote denigrating atheists? The Claim is that George H.W. Bush said this at... – Atheists vs Christians: Who makes the...
relatd Seversky at 70, If those statements about George Bush senior, and others, are true, why didn't atheists go to the... – Atheists vs Christians: Who makes the...
Seversky OhReally/68 Seversky at 66 George Bush on atheists as citizens or patriots – Atheists vs Christians: Who makes the...