W. Ford Doolittle – Uncommon Descent

A Darwinian tries to coopt the Gaia hypothesis

W. Ford Doolittle’s essay is worth a read. On reflection, if Darwinism weren’t failing, wouldn’t Darwinians just continue to scorn Gaia? Imagine them having to look for places to be now…

bornagain77 Per Physorg in 2017, here is a previous article on Albertson's work with cichlids, (for over 20 years now) where... – Researchers: Cichlids are causing a rethink...
ET Natural selection pertains to the DNA model. The DNA model is total nonsense with respect to the diversity of life. – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...
kairosfocus F/N: I pause to come by, I think a few notes will perhaps help: 1] This thread long since drifted... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
vividbleau Bob OH “But if God takes away that chance, to show we are worthy…?” Actually we can never be worthy... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Querius Jerry @26, Wow, that's truly horrible! So I downloaded the latest 164-page FDA dietary guidelines: https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/sites/default/files/2021-03/Dietary_Guidelines_for_Americans-2020-2025.pdf In it, I read... – At Stat News: Science has got...
Querius Johnnyb @24, Great article! Thanks for posting it. And every new technology has a learning curve that results in a... – At Stat News: Science has got...
Querius Silver Asiatic, Yes, and the way I understand it from the New Testament, after we accept the free gift of... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Querius Jerry, Here's where we get the hand waving with mustas, mightas, couldas, and mayhavs . . . you know "Darwinian... – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...
jerry If natural selection is off the table, how did the giraffe neck result? It’s off the table because why would... – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...
Silver Asiatic CD Intelligent design. That's what W.E. Loenning concluded. Pages 15-17 outline his ID proposal for the origin of the giraffe. – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...
Silver Asiatic BA77 But alas, fundamentals of evolutionary theory are found to be contradicted by empirical evidence, (time and time again), and... – Another Truism Dies
chuckdarwin If natural selection is off the table, how did the giraffe neck result? – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...
Silver Asiatic Querius He’s not saying that salvation is actually based on our own worthiness ... Well, I'm saying that we have... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Lieutenant Commander Data Objective=reality,facts ( 100% reason, 0% feelings.) Subjective=personal preference(cocoa vs vanilla, law vs engineering , football vs tennis, blondes vs brunettes,etc)... – Science Uprising: The Big Bang: Something...
Silver Asiatic CD They will also forage for lower hanging leaves when available. When not available they eat something else while they're... – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...
bornagain77 Querius that is spot on. No other theory in science gets such 'kids gloves' treatment from its practitioners. Imagine if... – Another Truism Dies
jerry Mystery solved But it zero to do with the giraffe’s body shape and evolution. The expert on evolution’s illustration is... – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...
mohammadnursyamsu @querius Because, as already mentioned, the logic is totally different. And I think rather than me being preoccupied with duality,... – Science Uprising: The Big Bang: Something...
Querius Mohammadnursyamsu, One can make the concept human being to include both the human soul doing the choosing, and the created... – Science Uprising: The Big Bang: Something...
Querius Worse yet, here are some excerpts from native American religious beliefs from the Native American Red Book: At the beginning,... – Weaponizing the term “creationism” in debates...
Querius This is great! The neck stretching is so . . Lamarckian. It also explains the origin of mouse-affes, mice with... – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...