RE: [asa] Denyse O'Leary on family values and Darwinism

At 01:48 PM 1/1/2007, Alexanian, Moorad wrote:

>"...Note that if Darwinism is truly a science, then there is no
>reason it cannot be grafted into cosmological evolution. In
>addition, if it cannot be so grafted, then it is incumbent on
>Darwinists to explain why their science cannot be unified with that
>of the cosmologist. ~
>Moorad

@ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmological_natural_selection
Cosmological natural selection is a highly speculative hypothesis
proposed by <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Lee_Smolin>Lee Smolin
intended as a scientific alternative to the
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Anthropic_principle>anthropic
principle. It addresses the problem of complexity in our universe,
which is largely unexplained. Just a few minor changes in the mass of
certain elementary particles or in the strength of the forces of the
universe would prevent atoms from forming, let alone galaxies. Since
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Natural_selection>natural
selection has explained the complexity of life so well in biology,
this concept is borrowed and applied to cosmology in an attempt to
explain the complexity of the universe. Cosmological natural
selection is also referred to as the theory of
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Fecund_universes>Fecund
universes. ...........There is no known mechanism that "kills off"
universes and so there is no actual parallel to "natural selection"
in the theory of cosmological natural selection. It is for this
reason that it is now technically referred to as
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Fecund_universes>fecund universes.)

~ Janice .... "...But someone must speak the language of eternity
in terms the average man can grasp. It's something that is actually
quite critical to both the salvation of the individual and to the
harmony of society, and is one of the things that makes America great
-- i.e., its basic religiosity. I certainly relate to a simple
person of faith much more than I do to a sophisticated yahoo such as
Sam Harris or Richard Dawkins, who actually have far more
soul-deadening limits than those they mock. They truly "don't get
it," but are nevertheless enormously proud of their spiritual autism
-- technically known as Assburger's Syndrome. ........." December
31, 2006 - Take it to the Limitless One More Time. More:
http://tinyurl.com/y3sc26

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Received on Mon Jan 1 14:45:21 2007