space aliens – Uncommon Descent

Extraterrestrial life Intelligent Design

The New York Times runs an “aliens are maybe real” story

There are many total mysteries out there. We need more to go on than mere mystery to take aliens seriously. One remembers the astronomer who convinced himself recently that space detritus Oumuamua was an extraterrestrial light sail and accused the rest of us of being too dumb to see that.

kairosfocus F/N: In discussing experience of God, Yandel speaks to the issue of veridicality of experience and the principle of credulity... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
kairosfocus F/N: I find some interesting remarks in introductory notes to Yandell's Routledge series Intro to Phil of Religion: There are... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
kairosfocus Jerry, Cicero, very consciously, was a Stoic. A Roman one, of course. Not, merely, indebted to them. His conservatism was... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
kairosfocus VL & AS2, The mirror technique is quite accurate enough to demonstrate intent: semi-circle, as recognised by eye. Recall, all... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
BobRyan Why are COVID-19 deaths showing a spike during influenza season if it is not influenza? To say there are almost... – Claim: Neanderthal protein may reduce COVID-19's...
Viola Lee KF, I don't think your mirror idea would resolve the issue if the picture were 0.01° short of 180°. Steve... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
Viola Lee re 25: I would congratulate you for knowing that one must know the given premises in order to draw a... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
Steve Alten2 Following from 25 Maybe using an example from another geometric shape would make my point clearer. We know that the... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
Steve Alten2 Kairosfocus “ The DM Article includes — and I did not excerpt as it was obvious enough — that “The... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
kairosfocus VL, I am noting that -- and why -- it is effectively settled that it is indeed a semicircle. KF... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
AaronS1978 Christians haven’t done as much damage to atheism as atheism has done to them and the rest of the world... – The Bee stings again: 7 ways...
Lieutenant Commander Data On topic,masterly. Jordan Peterson on Rules for Life, Psychedelics, The Bible, and Much More – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Steve Alten2 I only brought up the importance of being very clear when drafting test questions because of an experience I had... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
Viola Lee KF, I have no idea why you addressed all that to me??? Yes, we all assumed it was a semicircle.... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
jerry I am posting the transcription of the lecture on Cicero on another OP because it is extremely long. Anyone wanting... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
jerry This is placed here because some may be interested and it too long for the current thread. It is about... – Michael Ruse update: “Morality is just...
kairosfocus VL, behind a planar, front-silvered mirror lies a virtual half universe with images laterally reversed and set back the same... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
Fasteddious Note that Loeb is using ID arguments in this piece, although I'm sure he would deny it: - take a... – Avi Loeb at Scientific American on...
Fasteddious Thank you Polistra, that was great - my laugh for the day! – The “smaller game” theory of the...
Viola Lee Also, Kf's picture above shows how you transform a secant line (cutting the curve at two points) into a tangent... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
Viola Lee You're right, Steve. The problem didn't say specifically that it was a semicircle. I written lots of geometry problems, and... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....