testability – Uncommon Descent

How could we test universal common descent?

Paul Nelson offers some thoughts.

Sabine Hossenfelder asks, How can we test a theory of everything?

Hossenfelder: But there is no reason to think that the forces of the standard model have to be unified, or that all the forces ultimately derive from one common explanation. It would be nice, but maybe that’s just not how the universe works.

ET Fred Hickson: 'My position is that the source of guidance is a philosophical question that is impossible to resolve scientifically.... – How could we test universal common...
Silver Asiatic KF So, Meyer is affirming that deists see God as personal. That's certainly one view, but the important thing is... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
Nonlin.org Tlh@2, Actually no. Entropy decreasing is never happening. 2nd law is in fact not a statistical law as believed. Abiogenesis... – Article by David Snoke: Spontaneous Appearance...
Lieutenant Commander Data Jerry 3) Christ started a religion – fairly obvious from the New Testament – nothing in ID says anything about... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
EDTA Frankly, I'm skeptical that the probability of a machine putting a system into a particular state is related to the... – Article by David Snoke: Spontaneous Appearance...
jerry the origin of life represents an unnatural event in the history of our universe Certainly, the four laws of nature... – Eric Hedin: Information and Nature
Fred Hickson SA You replied by saying that climate was not random but rather was “guided by the hand of God”. You... – How could we test universal common...
EDTA Good luck and thank you for all your hard work, Denyse! Welcome Eric! – Eric Hedin is the new News...
EDTA Read Snoke's article a few weeks ago. There is one thing that needs to be explained: In his example of... – Article by David Snoke: Spontaneous Appearance...
kairosfocus F/N: Ch 11 in Meyer, Return of the God Hypothesis: Metaphysics is the discipline of philosophy that addresses the fundamental... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
kairosfocus Relatd, that is why we mark a distinction between a key inference and research programme and the wider design movement.... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
bornagain77 as to: "The information content of the universe exponentially increased with the formation of the first living organism. Since natural... – Eric Hedin: Information and Nature
relatd KF at 139, I get it. But science does get applied, doesn't it? It gets used by people. Until ID... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
ET A great analogy for how evolution has been corrupted by those that choose to conflate evolution and atheism, is how... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
polistra In another context, this sort of talk would be a Conspiracy Theory fit for the loony bin. In a tenured... – Ghostly ‘mirror world’ might be cause...
kairosfocus Relatd, science is shot through with deep philosophical considerations from the outset. However, we can take it that many will... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
kairosfocus JH, a loaded strawman. Disagreement is not lying, speaking with disregard to truth in hope of profiting thereby is lying.... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
JHolo KF: JH, doubling down on corrected error does not transmute what you wish to suggest into truth. Ironically, you appeal... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
relatd Andrew at 130, I encouraged her to examine what she was being told more carefully. – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
asauber "Students expect their teachers to give them factual information about science, about evolution." This is true. Its shameful they are... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...
relatd Andrew at 131, Students expect their teachers to give them factual information about science, about evolution. As a kid, I... – Evolution News: In His New Book,...