schreibersite – Uncommon Descent

Researchers: Lightening strikes, not just comets, played a vital role in origin of life

But then a question arises: There are plenty of lightning strikes. Why isn’t life always coming into existence? Why does it only ever come from previous life?

relatd Jery at 37, If you're going to quote Os Guinness, do it right. Especially for those who never heard of... – Os Guinness: The Magna Carta of...
jerry Os Guinness seems to believe a religious change is necessary to save the current world. While this maybe true, it... – Os Guinness: The Magna Carta of...
relatd BA at 3, I've also been at this type of non-discussion for a long time. Lies? In the minds of... – Update on Materialism
William J Murray Origenes @61, Your inference is incorrect. There is literally no way, even in principle, I can ever know or gather... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
relatd Sad that elaborate philosophical arguments by men seek to obscure or hide obvious truths. And only truth matters, not what... – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...
AnimatedDust BA, after you smacked down Sev about changing the subject, he's gotten very quiet. One can hope you got through... – Update on Materialism
Origenes WJM @ Which experiments in quantum mechanics support the following: The evidence is clear: materialism/physicalism has been as scientifically disproved... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
chuckdarwin BA Assume what you want. In fact, assume arguendo that you are right. Without addressing my point, your "refutation" of... – Update on Materialism
PyrrhoManiac1 Classic. Pyrrho goes full on “insane denial.” Deny a well understood concept. In the face of correction deny, deny, deny,... – Update on Materialism
Barry Arrington Chuck, Once again, I assume you have nothing to refute the OP. Yes, I understand you want to change the... – Update on Materialism
Barry Arrington PyrrhoManiac1 For you, all the work is being done by the word “essential”. I certainly don’t know what you mean... – Update on Materialism
chuckdarwin ChuckDarwin: “at some point you will have to come up with a testable alternative model to explain behavior, including ‘beliefs.’”... – Update on Materialism
William J Murray Origenes @59, 30 years of personal, first-hand experimentation on daily basis using techniques such as meditation, visualization, affirmation, subconscious deprogramming... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
PyrrhoManiac1 I said that under materialism a brain and a liver are not ESSENTIALLY different. Pyrrho asserts that a brain and... – Update on Materialism
Origenes WJM @ Which experiments specifically have convinced you that there is “no such thing as an external, objective world, no... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Fasteddious Why aren't materialists hyping this up as "proof of evolution"? After all, if some bacteria have histones, then they are... – At Nature: “Dogma-defying bacteria package DNA...
PyrrhoManiac1 If one can’t try to discuss a naturalistic explanation of how people might have causation and intentionality without immediately also... – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...
PyrrhoManiac1 @306 PM1, once one reduces to computation on a substrate, one is in a GIGO limited dynamic stochastic frame of... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
William J Murray Obviously off-topic (but it's not like the topic is going to "move forward" due to materialists suddenly having an ontology-changing... – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...
William J Murray I would suggest that the reason the results from ongoing quantum physics experimental research "don't make sense" is the same... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
William J Murray Querius @51 said: Maybe you could argue that my learning things by experimentation and observation is an illusion. Depends on... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...