Sino-Tibetan – Uncommon Descent

Intelligent Design language

Did the Sino-Tibetan language family originate over 7000 years ago?

What we don’t know is how language itself arises. Not at all. Every human group already speaks a language.

Seversky Sounds like it might be a way of getting new information into a genome when ID/creationism argued it could only... – Human cells write RNA sequences into...
Seversky I have known science journalists for whom I had the greatest respect. They clearly cared very much about the subject... – Why is science reporting so bad?
ET Doubter, see the first comment. – Misleading claims about a long running...
ET Pater Kimbridge: Which is why I find it best to listen to the consensus of biologists when it comes to... – Michael Behe on the “purposeful arrangement...
mohammadnursyamsu KRock the one thing that matters is, the extent to which the scientists are materialists. There is materialist philosophy, which... – Why science is losing prestige…
mohammadnursyamsu Querius, Ofcourse I know nothing, but I can only call it as I see it, right? And like many, just... – Can only math solve the mystery...
Pater Kimbridge @Martin_r #22 Nope. Engineer. Which is why I find it best to listen to the consensus of biologists when it... – Michael Behe on the “purposeful arrangement...
Pater Kimbridge @Sandy No.... more like how gravity functions to bring hydrogen together to make stars where none existed before. And lava... – Michael Behe on the “purposeful arrangement...
doubter ET@8 Yes, it was a simple case of evolution, but no new complicated mechanism was created. Very little new information.... – Misleading claims about a long running...
ET Martin_r, E coli already had the ability to digest citrate. In the presence of oxygen the gene that codes for... – Misleading claims about a long running...
asauber You can't just blame journalists. You can blame them, but they are just 1/3 of the real story. I haven't... – Why is science reporting so bad?
Querius Mohammadnursyamsu @4, You might want to brush up on recent experiments in quantum mechanics. For example, consider the following: Anton... – Can only math solve the mystery...
polistra Can't blame scientists for this. And in my experience the press releases are usually excellent, often more insightful than the... – Why is science reporting so bad?
bornagain77 Hmmm, Lenski makes it sound like this is an entirely new capability: “E. coli going back to its original definition... – Misleading claims about a long running...
jerry Here is an article summing up why science reporting is so bad Scientists are supposed to follow the scientific method,... – Why is science reporting so bad?
Sandy Function can be observed, and function can exist without purpose or intent. Like your comment that has been written by... – Michael Behe on the “purposeful arrangement...
jerry If you are in media, you must publish something, and soon. There is always something to publish but if it... – Why is science reporting so bad?
martin_r Pater @20 .... you must be a biologist - natural science graduate .... – Michael Behe on the “purposeful arrangement...
martin_r Sandy ...right.... my bad.... – Misleading claims about a long running...
Sandy Martin_r lenski’s experiment is not an evolution but an adaptation. Nope, you don't understand evolution . If you jump 2m... – Misleading claims about a long running...
KRock @Mohammadnursyamsu (#10) The scientific community may be exceedingly liberal, but they're not left-wing radicals. That said, those who work within... – Why science is losing prestige…