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    Thread: Is Darwinism mathematically impossible?
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nbtruthman Wrote: (Yesterday, 09:00 PM) -- In my opinion it is not necessary to fully understand the esoteric mathematical foundations of information theory as it applies to biological information as...
Posted by sbu in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 4 hours ago
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    Thread: The enchanted vision
Post: The enchanted vision

The enchanted vision (https://aeon.co/essays/in-the-beginning-there-was-love-we-can-move-with-its-power) Mark Vernon Quote: -- Love is much more than a mere emotion or moral ideal. It imbues ...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-05-05, 11:18 PM
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    Thread: Is Darwinism mathematically impossible?
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-30, 07:37 PM) -- I feel the same. I have tried to get into it a few times, also reading the arguments of some christian biologists who disagree with the Discovery Institute (just ...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-05-05, 09:33 PM
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    Thread: Trashing natural selection as a special case.
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stephenw Wrote: (2024-05-04, 10:38 PM) -- Well you have me going in two directions.   Do I defend physicality and the empirical data backing math relations?  Or, the kick in the personals with a chal...
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    Thread: Trashing natural selection as a special case.
Post: RE: Trashing natural selection as a special case.

stephenw Wrote: (2024-05-04, 10:38 PM) -- Well you have me going in two directions.   Do I defend physicality and the empirical data backing math relations?  Or, the kick in the personals with a chal...
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    Thread: Trashing natural selection as a special case.
Post: RE: Trashing natural selection as a special case.

stephenw Wrote: (2024-05-02, 05:22 PM) -- Today modern science has developed a deep understanding of "Bodies" and the abstract term physical.  There is no magic in Physiology (note Dr. Noble).  Physi...
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    Thread: AI megathread
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There appear to be some new and very unhealthy trends in LLM AI systems. Derived from https://futurism.com/internet-horrified-app-cloning-family-members :  Quote: -- "...bizarre new app call...
Posted by nbtruthman in Other Topics , 2024-05-02, 03:19 PM
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    Thread: Trashing natural selection as a special case.
Post: RE: Trashing natural selection as a special case.

David001 Wrote: (2024-04-28, 04:24 PM) -- I know you are a fan of The Third Way, so this is for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCLRKP9NW8I&t=405s Please rewind to the start of the video, ...
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    Thread: What If Science Took The Paranormal Seriously? : The Super Humanities
Post: What If Science Took The Paranormal Seriously? : T...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vMPISrMyvQ Quote: -- Essentia Foundation’s Hans Busstra interviews Prof. Jeffrey Kripal, PhD, who holds the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Th...
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    Thread: Trashing natural selection as a special case.
Post: RE: Trashing natural selection as a special case.

stephenw Wrote: (2024-04-27, 03:24 PM) -- I am trying to make my peace with the ideas of Bill Dembski.  My stance is that living things preform information processing that exhibits intelligence.  I m...
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    Thread: Trashing natural selection as a special case.
Post: RE: Trashing natural selection as a special case.

nbtruthman Wrote: (2024-04-23, 11:56 PM) -- functional complex specified information (fsci) -- This term might require [its] own thread... Have to admit I'm a bit lost on what is exactly being d...
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    Thread: Trashing natural selection as a special case.
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stephenw Wrote: (2024-04-25, 08:54 PM) -- I would describe mind as an abstraction referring to information processing.  -- The trouble with that, is that you can either define information as Shannon ...
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    Thread: Trashing natural selection as a special case.
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stephenw Wrote: (2024-04-25, 07:34 PM) -- This is a thread pointing to actual prominent thinkers and researchers explaining in detail how RM + NS don't work.  I don't get how you come back with a neg...
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    Thread: Is Darwinism mathematically impossible?
Post: Is Darwinism mathematically impossible?

Very interesting discussion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8U8QV8HNDg
Posted by Brian in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-24, 08:47 PM
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    Thread: After-Death Communications: New Cases That Bear on the Question of Survival
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5ZhEsWoQnc Quote: -- Abstract: A spontaneous After-Death Communication (ADC) occurs when a bereaved person unexpectedly perceives the deceased person. This ma...
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    Thread: Trashing natural selection as a special case.
Post: RE: Trashing natural selection as a special case.

stephenw Wrote: (2024-04-17, 09:05 PM) -- Not suggested at all in the article - and just my personal claim - is the assertion that information science functionality is in a separate environment from ...
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    Thread: Trashing natural selection as a special case.
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nbtruthman Wrote: (2024-04-23, 02:27 PM) -- I agree completely. Well put - you spell it out clearly just what all the evidence shows, as indigestable as it is to materialist Darwinists. I think some ...
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    Thread: Trashing natural selection as a special case.
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I'd like to expand a little about the idea of Complex Specified Information (CSI). Typically we think of CSI as the information contained in protein-coding DNA. However try not to think of that as a l...
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    Thread: Trashing natural selection as a special case.
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nbtruthman Wrote: (2024-04-18, 07:16 PM) -- As for Complex Specified Information (CSI) according to Dembski, I basically agree with his definition, it being "...an "explanatory filter": one can recog...
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    Thread: Thoughts are more real than objects
Post: Thoughts are more real than objects

Thoughts are more real than objects (https://www.essentiafoundation.org/thoughts-are-more-real-than-objects/reading/) Jeremy Dunham, PhD  Quote: -- Idealism is often regarded as a philosophy ...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-04-22, 04:53 AM
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