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My own subjective experiences exist only at the moment of their occurrence. After which, it's all just electrochemical memory. The black marks on the screen are the product of my brain's ability to process information and transmit it. That the information is complex, does not necessarily...

Z:So if all humans vanished, there would be no ideas remaining? KJ: No human ideas. Z: And if all radios vanished, there would be no radio waves traveling in space? KJ: Radio waves can be measured as being independent of radios. Ideas cannot be measured independent of a conscious mind...

Nevermind that...check out this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml;jsessionid=C2UZGR11YEFENQFIQMGSFFWAVCBQWIV0?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2007/12/23/scicosmos123.xml

Asked and answered. As for your statement that symbolism is non-physical. Well, thanks for your opinion, but I don't agree. In my opinion, there is no idea without the electrochemical actions of a human brain to thunk it. Thus, in the absence of the human species, there are no ideas at...

Hans: Panentheists would say the entire Universe is evidence of God, what with the existence of the Universe being such a miracle and all. Yer standard God fearin' Christian might say something like "God can be both of the natural Universe and apart fom it and may manifest in a non-material way...

A1: 1+1=2 is symbolism to replace two discrete elements of undefined but equal quality ("1"), and which, when aggregated ("+") can be symbolically represented ("=") as "2". A2: I get it. A3: The universe.

If they exist in non-physical space, then they are not measurable and cannot be assigned a probability. If they can be measured, then please provide a scientifically verifiable experiment with which we can measure concepts and thereby assign a probability.

I agree -- under such a scenario, the probability of random accident and God did it are both possibilities which cannot be dismissed. But, if it is true that God is part of the natural universe, then where is the physical evidence of God? Science can measure the amino acids. It can't measure...

I think that the Higgs boson will be found. I also think that Everett's many worlds is the quantum version of Susskind's string theory. Most of these things will probably be sorted out before this thread ends. :p

Res Ipsa Loquitur.

I agree -- no one knows what the first life was. Carrier's point is that the first life was almost certainly much simpler than the biology currently existing, and therefore that the odds of it arising by accident are much GREATER than calculated by the various persona referred to in his article...

Rather humorous of you to use this argument. Willaim Dembski, one of the leaders of the ID movement, aserts his ability to calculate the low probability of the accidental appearance of a self-replicating molecule, as one of the lynchpins of the argument favoring intelligent design. Now, here...

Proof that a self replicating molecule could arise by random chance is simple. The necessary base chemicals are found within the physical universe -- those materials have a proven chemical affinity for binding together. There is no physical barrier preventing the formation of a simple self...

The existence of metauniverses is unproven at this time. There are two theories on how they may be created: string theory; the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. String theory provides 10^500 possible universes in which to find life. Each universe could have a different...

It's more than quite possible. It is a practical certainty. Evolutionary theory suggests that all life is the product of common descent, i.e., a single ancestral self replicating molecule started everything. The random probability of a self replicating molecule appearing is so small as to...

The above statements demonstrate a complete misunderstanding of probability. If there is only one universe, then the probability of its having the cosmological constant as currently measured is 100%. Example. Put one green apple into a basket. Now close your eyes, reach in and pick out an...

In order for the cosmological constant to be a "lucky coincidence" we must be able to calculate the probability of it being what it is. In order to make that calculation we must have a set of possible universes. By varying the amounts of matter and/or energy in each possible universe, each...

What you are describing has nothing to do with the cosmological constant. The constant was originally proposed by Einstein to balance his equations by compensating for the matter and energy in the universe which had not yet been discovered. Later, quantum theorists calculated the constant...

The simplest means of using "probability in the God debate" is to determine if it is within the realm of probability that life could have arisen by random chance and nothing more. If so, then there is no particularly good reason to infer God/ID, because there is a natural answer, for which there...

Not to mention that it would put a huge number of lawyers and accountants into the ranks of the unemployed -- including the infrastructure of authors, researchers and service bureaus that support those professionals. Nothing short of a second American Revolution or Civil War will get rid of...