Underdetermination – Uncommon Descent

Artificial Intelligence Intelligent Design

William Dembski: Why computers will likely never perform abductive inferences

Computers require complete data to come to a correct conclusion but humans often work very well with incomplete data.

kairosfocus WJM, no, you are not re-setting the agenda by a train of toxic tangents. The OP has set the issue... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
bornagain77 Now that we have outlined the basics of Special Relativity, (i.e. Time Dilation and Space-time curvature), it is VERY interesting... – At Mind Matters News: Do any...
bornagain77 Before we ask if humans will be reunited with their beloved pets in heaven, (I'm personally in the affirmative camp),... – At Mind Matters News: Do any...
buffalo Only humans have immortal souls. – At Mind Matters News: Do any...
Seversky This is still the same old conspiracy-mongering by the Daily Mail. There is no more evidence, just recycled xenophobic suspicions.... – Why trust in “science” is becoming...
William J Murray KF: Until you answer the following questions directly, there is no more to be said between us about "duties:" 1.... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
kairosfocus WJM, You insist on raising long since thoroughly answered matters (self evidence as a substantial matter was addressed here at... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
William J Murray The shorter summary: if your proposition is not necessarily true in all possible worlds, or for all possible sentient beings,... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
kairosfocus PS: For record, We can readily identify at least seven inescapable . . . first duties of reason: "Inescapable," as... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
kairosfocus WJM, please. Very reluctantly, after much insistence on your part, I did a point by point comment on some of... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
William J Murray Well, I guess I can't even buy a straight answer from you, KF. Are you a politician? You answer every... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
kairosfocus MNY, again, for record the laws of logic and arithmetic [a subset, strictly] are inert, it is duties of right... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
Sandy Mohammadnursyamsu It’s all a total lie. KF you are just illegitemately moralising logic, so that you can have feelings of... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
ET Proponents of the “phylogenetic tree” of evolutionary descent of all living things from a common ancestor don't know of any... – Rewriting history: Can a Darwinist believe...
mohammadnursyamsu It's all a total lie. KF you are just illegitemately moralising logic, so that you can have feelings of certitude... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
Sandy Nope. No animal have soul ,all are automatons . God put in their vegetative brain some software that give us... – At Mind Matters News: Do any...
BobRyan When bureaucrats control science, it is no longer science. It used to be people in the United States were free... – Why trust in “science” is becoming...
kairosfocus KM, there is no valid point in distracting from addressing our epistemological challenge as a first issue in its own... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
kairosfocus EDTA, fair enough as a comment, however, Sev chose to resort to uncalled for associations, insinuations and distractions, which probably... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
polistra Unfortunately this isn't special. Most of US/UK industries AND academia have been abjectly serving China for several decades. The new... – Why trust in “science” is becoming...
polistra I used to tolerate Rome. This is one of the reasons why I stopped. Dogs are vastly more moral than... – At Mind Matters News: Do any...