trees – Uncommon Descent

Intelligent Design Plants

At Mind Matters News: Researchers: Trees “sense” their height and weight

Trees rarely just fall over but we seldom stop to think about why they don’t.

Evolution Intelligent Design Plants

World oldest known fossil forest just found at 385 million years ago

Funny the way those sudden transitions occur, just as if they were spring loaded or something

Joe Schooner Here’s a prediction: Our solar system will continue to be quite unusual, not that that rules out life on exoplanets.... – Three hundred new exoplanets found
polistra Darwin's reductionism was not automatically justified by common knowledge at the time. Emerson in 1840: "The world globes itself in... – AI helps us see previously unknown...
KRock @Seversky If you think Jesus was a mythical figure, you're a lunatic! You'd fall into same category as those who... – In time for American Thanksgiving: Stephen...
KRock Jordan Peterson is a champ! – Good news: Jordan Peterson is Uncanceled...
Belfast Seversky and the Smithsonian have to be understood as unflinching Darwinistas. This explains Seversky’s rambling defence of the Smithsonian’s blunder,... – When the Smithsonian does human origins…...
News Some of us can't help wondering why the Smithsonian didn't see this coming. – When the Smithsonian does human origins…...
EDTA Sev, >“Exceptional” does not necessarily mean better in any moral sense. No, because from a non-theistic starting point, there is... – When the Smithsonian does human origins…...
AnimatedDust Seversky lectures us on morality, from his position, firmly ensconced in mid-air. – When the Smithsonian does human origins…...
AaronS1978 Hey if Pedophilia, rape, and psychopathy are just evolved behaviors and people are victims of their genes (thanks Darwin you... – When the Smithsonian does human origins…...
Joe Schooner If someone has something better, propose it and see if there is any evidence to support their opinion. The best... – Dinesh D'Souza on socialism:
jerry Until the unleash of the free market economy in the 1700’s first partially in England and then in the English... – Dinesh D'Souza on socialism:
Fasteddious This finding shows how reductionist hubris works: biologists find a few facts about cells or DNA/RNA and they think they... – AI helps us see previously unknown...
polistra Color is only one element of a larger consistent progression. Human evolution is expected to "progress" from peasant to aristocrat.... – When the Smithsonian does human origins…...
mohammadnursyamsu Again, this is not about rational issues. Rational issues are complicated, have many aspects, and it requires a hodgepodge of... – Dinesh D'Souza on socialism:
bornagain77 Seversky claims that "Jesus is a mythical figure like, say, Robin Hood, possibly based distantly on a real person or... – In time for American Thanksgiving: Stephen...
bornagain77 Chuckdarwin states, "Jesus’ resurrection from the dead–don’t think so" Yet the Shroud of Turin, stubbornly, and persistently, thinks otherwise, The... – In time for American Thanksgiving: Stephen...
zweston I always get sev and cd mixed up.... ugh... CD... what do you believe about Jesus? Because all of the... – In time for American Thanksgiving: Stephen...
zweston Seversky, why is war bad if you are highly evolved pond scum? Says who? – When the Smithsonian does human origins…...
Seversky C: Jesus is a mythical figure like, say, Robin Hood, possibly based distantly on a real person or persons but... – In time for American Thanksgiving: Stephen...
Seversky Why am I not surprised? – Finnish author, Rope Kojonen, has two...
Seversky "The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable." -- John Kenneth Galbraith – Dinesh D'Souza on socialism: