Re: News: Is there anybody out there?

On Apr 29, 10:35 am, Anthony Campbell <a...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 2008-04-28, feedbackdroid <feedbackdr...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:







I'm glad you brought this up. Tim Tyler, who inhabited this forum a
couple of years ago, is now over on comp.ai.philosophy pushing,
amongst other things, the "inevitiability of human life" and
intelligence, and using Simon Conway Morris as his "authority" ... to
wit: "Anyhow, Conway-Morris is the cannonical antidote to those who
think chance rules in evolution: ", etc...

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.ai.philosophy/browse_frm/thread/c...
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He's also pushing the idea that evolution is deterministic, based
upon ...
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New Findings Confirm Darwin's Theory: Evolution Not Random

 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080118134531.htm

Evolution Is Deterministic, Not Random, Biologists Conclude From
Multi-species Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071119123929.htm
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What's the opinion of this stuff, including Conway Morris, in the
science/evolution community? Sounds pretty much left field.

I reviewed Conway Morris's book "Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a
Lonely Universe" a couple of years ago (review is on my site). He is of
course a highly respected biologist and a committed Darwinian, but he
nevertheless seems to wish to apply a theological gloss to evolution.



So, what's a layman to make of a statement like this? Committed
Darwinist AND "theologian" ????

Also, is there any general consensus at all in the Darwinist and NON-
theologian community about the inevitability of human life? Is this a
set of people with more than just Conway Morris in it?







It
would be wrong to call this a hidden agenda, because he is quite open
about it. His final chapter is called "Towards a theology of evolution?"
and contains a frank recommendation to acknowledge the validity of the
Book of Genesis. "The assumption that the world has some meaning which
is linked to our own calling as the only morally responsible beings in
the world, is an important example of the supernatural aspect of
experience which Christian interpretations of the universe explore and
develop."

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