Re: [FRIAM] Popper on Darwinism

2021-12-17 Thread uǝlƃ ☤ $
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Re: [FRIAM] Popper on Darwinism

2021-12-14 Thread Frank Wimberly
Excellent, in my opinion. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 5:49 AM David Eric Smith wrote: > Yeah. > > Apart from questions about what mechanisms exist and how they work, which > I understand and are the normal busine

Re: [FRIAM] Popper on Darwinism

2021-12-13 Thread thompnickson2
ecember 13, 2021 7:32 PM To: friam@redfish.com Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Popper on Darwinism Nick, the study I have seen did not involve human intervention with moth eggs. Because the industrial revolution in England was contaminating the moth environment with soot, including the tree bark upon which

Re: [FRIAM] Popper on Darwinism

2021-12-13 Thread Gillian Densmore
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Re: [FRIAM] Popper on Darwinism

2021-12-13 Thread Gillian Densmore
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Re: [FRIAM] Popper on Darwinism

2021-12-13 Thread Gillian Densmore
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Re: [FRIAM] Popper on Darwinism

2021-12-13 Thread Prof David West
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Re: [FRIAM] Popper on Darwinism

2021-12-13 Thread thompnickson2
o: friam@redfish.com Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Popper on Darwinism The creationists have been peddling this rhetoric for a very long time. It's important to read Popper's recant and clarification. From Popper's 1978 paper "Natural Selection and the Emergence of Mind": &quo

Re: [FRIAM] Popper on Darwinism

2021-12-13 Thread thompnickson2
age- From: Friam On Behalf Of Prof David West Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021 12:25 PM To: friam@redfish.com Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Popper on Darwinism Thank you glen. This clarifies a lot and addresses Steve's question as well. i included creationists with a great deal of trepidation

Re: [FRIAM] Popper on Darwinism

2021-12-13 Thread uǝlƃ ☤ $
Right. Sorry if I painted you with that brush. I thought about adding an addendum of my own opinion, but thought it important to clarify Popper without muddying it with my own thoughts. Now, I feel free to stir up the silt. *Some* concept (not nec. Popper's) of a metaphysical program should wor

Re: [FRIAM] Popper on Darwinism

2021-12-13 Thread Prof David West
Thank you glen. This clarifies a lot and addresses Steve's question as well. i included creationists with a great deal of trepidation, because i assumed it would prompt immediate rejection of the entire question. I do think there is some validity in considering the framework / testable scienti

Re: [FRIAM] Popper on Darwinism

2021-12-13 Thread uǝlƃ ☤ $
The creationists have been peddling this rhetoric for a very long time. It's important to read Popper's recant and clarification. From Popper's 1978 paper "Natural Selection and the Emergence of Mind": "However, Darwin's own most important contribution to the theory of evolution, his theory of

[FRIAM] Popper on Darwinism

2021-12-13 Thread Prof David West
“*Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research program—a possible framework for testable scientific theories.*” Karl Popper. I like this distinction but immediately wonder if it might provide some analytical / research means that could be app