... This is not an argument *against* evolution. It's an argument against Dawkin's explanations of how evolution works. Dawkin's is very specific about...
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Capital Office
development@...
May 2, 2001 2:25 am
... This type of false argument is called "quoting from authority". I could equally argue that your support for Popper's epistemological ideas ignores almost...
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Capital Office
development@...
May 2, 2001 4:44 am
... I suppose it depends on what you mean when you use the term "Darwinism". Do you mean the theory of Charles Darwin? Do you mean neo-Darwinian theories? Do...
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Capital Office
development@...
May 2, 2001 5:01 am
... Yes, it really is simple. So simple and perfect that it cannot be refuted by any means whatsoever. Whatever a scientist finds, she can invent a convenient...
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Charles Goodwin
cgoodwin@...
May 2, 2001 11:05 am
... From: Paul Zielinski [mailto:pzielins@...] Yes, this is typically misleading to the reader, and leaves out the essential point that "Galileo's...
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Charles Goodwin
cgoodwin@...
May 2, 2001 11:07 am
... From: Capital Office [mailto:development@...] ... This is not an argument *against* evolution. It's an argument against Dawkin's...
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Charles Goodwin
cgoodwin@...
May 2, 2001 11:08 am
That's correct. The cosmological constant arises naturally in quantum theory due to the fact that empty space still contains 'vacuum energy' - although...
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Charles Goodwin
cgoodwin@...
May 2, 2001 11:08 am
... From: Paul Zielinski [mailto:pzielins@...] The way I understand Dawkins' idea, genes are "selfish" in the sense that they "look out for...
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Lee Corbin
lcorbin@...
May 2, 2001 11:10 am
Earlier in "coin-flipping" I wrote ... The diagram on page 281 has three regions, marked "Spining", "Predictably heads", and "Predictably tails". The phrase ...
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Charles Goodwin
cgoodwin@...
May 2, 2001 11:10 am
... From: Capital Office [mailto:development@...] Sent: Thursday, 12 April 2001 1:27 a.m. To: Fabric-of-Reality@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:...
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Adam F. Cornford
acornford@...
May 2, 2001 11:11 am
... Surely "evolution" is more than a philosophical concept. It refers to the simple observation that types of organisms (species, genera, phyla, kingdoms)...
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Gary Oberbrunner
garyo@...
May 2, 2001 9:33 pm
This is an interesting topic to me, as I've been thinking about distance metrics between universes (i.e. what constitutes a "nearby universe" or "nearby group...
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David Deutsch
david.deutsch@...
May 2, 2001 9:35 pm
This will be accessible *at any time* during the next few days at the BBC's web site. Instructions on my home page (url below). David Deutsch...
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Charles Goodwin
cgoodwin@...
May 3, 2001 3:41 am
... From: Lee Corbin [mailto:lcorbin@...] Of course, no one can do more than guess at an answer, but I'd be very interested in anyone's guess. Some...
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Charles Goodwin
cgoodwin@...
May 3, 2001 4:25 am
... From: Gary Oberbrunner [mailto:garyo@...] This is an interesting topic to me, as I've been thinking about distance metrics between universes (i.e....
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Lee Corbin
lcorbin@...
May 3, 2001 10:08 am
Gary Oberbrunner brought up this subject. ... Why not? If I've learned one thing from FoR, it's that even the boldest conjectures when they're completely in...
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Lee Corbin
lcorbin@...
May 3, 2001 10:11 am
... Thanks for pointing out the relevance of that metric. ... Certainly. But I've never seen the profit in considering the whole set of universes in which...
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Paul Zielinski
pzielins@...
May 3, 2001 10:12 am
... That would be a *false* assumption, since cooperative gene interaction has even been recognized by prominent neo-Darwinists (Wright, Mayr) who reject this...
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Paul Zielinski
pzielins@...
May 3, 2001 10:13 am
... Dawkins' theory is falsified by evidence cytological and extra-cellular control of gene expression, which refutes the supposed autonomy of DNA sequences. ...
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Paul Zielinski
pzielins@...
May 3, 2001 10:13 am
... Well, some believe that this battle for theocratic authority also plays a role in contemporary science. ... But what about Newton? He was also a biblical...
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Lee Corbin
lcorbin@...
May 3, 2001 10:14 am
Charles Goodwin was kind enough to comment on the Abraham Lincoln question (see bottom) and write ... universes ... a few ... Of course! All this was implicit...
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Paul Zielinski
pzielins@...
May 3, 2001 10:15 am
According ot Hal Puthoff, this does not appear in the field equations for large-scale curvature since it is Lorentz invariant. Z....
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Paul Zielinski
pzielins@...
May 3, 2001 10:15 am
I would say rather that is is "loosely empirical", in that the evolutionist usually has lots of wiggle room to buffer the theory against refuting...
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leo vuyk
levu@...
May 3, 2001 10:16 am
Hi Charles and Lee, Did one of you investigate the page numbers in the FoR book where "group of identical universes" is mentioned? I am very interested I am...
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David Deutsch
david.deutsch@...
May 3, 2001 12:43 pm
Gary Oberbrunner <garyo@...> and Lee Corbin <lcorbin@...> have been discussing the idea of a 'distance' between universes in the multiverse. ...
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karlm@...
May 3, 2001 2:07 pm
Sorry about the delay, it was a sunny day in Gothenburg and they don't come very often! ... activation ... depends ... still ... "junk ... The phrase...
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admin@...
May 3, 2001 2:51 pm
... general ... the ... where ... obey ... this ... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ down. ... I suggest this presents an answer to my...
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Paul Zielinski
pzielins@...
May 3, 2001 8:33 pm
... Explain to me how transposons are of evolutionary importance if their genetic content is never proteomically expressed by the organism? ... But Dawkins'...
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Charles Goodwin
cgoodwin@...
May 3, 2001 9:11 pm
I assume you mean the cosmological constant? If it doesn't appear on the large scale (in theory) then it would be rather interesting to know what is going on ...
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Charles Goodwin
cgoodwin@...
May 3, 2001 9:12 pm
... From: Lee Corbin [mailto:lcorbin@...] Moreover, there is utterly no point in any longer using language like "a googolplex of universes". In the...
