There is no evidence of life on Mars. — Hanover
I'm not arguing either. Buti if I've misunderstood probability theory, then correct me. — Hanover
Evolution, creationism, intelligent design, Big Bang, whatever can't offer an explanation for the first cause. — Hanover
For evolution to work, you must have billions of years of trial and error. — Hanover
It doesn't matter how many universes there are, one or 10^100, it doesn't change the probability that life will develop in any one particular universe. — T Clark
There is no plausible explanation of why things should get more complex over time. — Andrew4Handel
Thermodynamics is just one variable or constant in the equation. There are also the forces of nature (strong, weak, EM, and gravity). — punos
No one particular universe ought have better odds (as you note), but a system with more universes would have better odds for life to exist. — Hanover
This is why many argue there is probably life outside earth. They reasonably argue that due to the vastness of the universe it is unlikely there is life somewhere else. — Hanover
If you really want to know, information is readily and freely available. — Vera Mont
What we see in organisms is incredibly useful order and is any of it predictable? — Andrew4Handel
It seems like there is so much going on upon earth from conscious minds to DNA to eco systems and society that no single (reductionist) model would suffice to explain it and may be inexplicable by law based models. — Andrew4Handel
I am a gay a man (an evolutionary genetic dead end I suppose) apparently serving no biological purpose. Evolution has not only to create the two sexes male and female and keep their reproductive biology compatible but also instill a sexual desire between the two sexes which has bypassed me. — Andrew4Handel
There is so much that can go wrong but does it matter are we progressing? Is that a biological idea? — Andrew4Handel
Gambler's fallacy. :roll:While it is true that If the odds of winning the lottery are 1 in 1 million, it doesn't matter how many others play, my odds remain fixed, but the more I play, the higher my odds of winning. — Hanover
See link above.But if I've misunderstood probability theory, then correct me. — Hanover
No. The theory demonstrably works better than any of the alternatives whether or not you believe it's true.Does it matter whether or not you believe in evolution? — Andrew4Handel
Well, that's because there isn't any "conflict": evolution (i.e. variable descent of self-replicators (i.e. dissipative systems) via natural selection) is emergent along entropy gradients. Consider this summary on complex adaptive systems or, if you prefer to cut to the chase, dive into the deeper end with Why the argument that evolution is in conflict with increasing entropy is certainly False.I have not seen a satisfactory answer concerning the conflict between evolution and the second law of thermodynamics — Andrew4Handel
Saying minds are based on DNA is the rejection of the entire global philosophical movement throughout history. — Gregory
My point was that a soul is irreducibly complex. — Gregory
There is professional evolutionary biology: mathematical, experimental, not laden with value statements. But, you are not going to find the answer to the world's mysteries or to societal problems if you open the pages of Evolution or Animal Behaviour. Then...you have evolution as secular religion, generally working from an explicitly materialist background and solving all of the world's major problems, from racism to education to conservation. — Michael Ruse, Is Evolution a Secular Religion?
We have a dog. What is the first member of its ancestor that is just like it such that our perception recognizes it as a dog.?Now that dog came from non-dog parents? — Gregory
So everytime a change in the species happens it happens with a handful of members at most, because it's random. So why did they survive every time there was a mutation — Gregory
Populations or species evolve, not "individual organisms". Apparently, you do not understand evolution or the second law of thermodynamics. And you're incorrigible too. Well, Andrew, you've earned the last word here.The system involved in evolution is the individual organism ... — Andrew4Handel
While it is true that If the odds of winning the lottery are 1 in 1 million, it doesn't matter how many others play, my odds remain fixed, but the more I play, the higher my odds of winning. — Hanover
We have a dog. What is the first member of its ancestor that is just like it such that our perception recognizes it as a dog.?Now that dog came from non-dog parents? That's not possible my friend. Who did it mate with? If you know how this works then explain it. This is all about philosophy and has nothing to do with how scientists see the world. — Gregory
What crap.They can't relate to each other through mating because species have souls and they don't change into each other. True philosophy knows this. — Gregory
Midgley has the advantage of having understood how evolution functions.* — Wayfarer
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