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From: "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1>
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Subject: Re: To sum up
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On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 07:22:06 -0500
jillery <69jpil69@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 17:29:54 +1100, MarkE <me22over7@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >Has talk.origins run its course, with this incarnation (post-GG 
> >meteorite impact) the last of the dinosaurs?
> >
> >And what of the Origins debate? My contention is that progressive 
> >discoveries with the complexity and precision of life are making Mt 
> >Improbable higher and higher [1]. ID has gained and sustained traction 
> >because this trend is real. I would add to this arguments relating to 
> >first-cause, fine-tuning, the Cambrian explosion, etc.
> 
> 
> Since this point has become a bone of contention among some posters,
> it would be helpful if you clarified exactly what you meant by "ID has
> gained and sustained traction".  Do you believe ID has done so among
> scientists?  Or among the general U.S. population?  If the latter,
> that is my impression also.  It is part and parcel of the larger
> movement which has melded distrust of science and scientists in with
> reactionary politics and populist religious movements.  If you ever
> get back to this point, thank you in advance for taking some time to
> answer my question.
> 

I feel you are correct. 'Truth' is a flexible thing, for a lot of
people these days.

> -- 
> To know less than we don't know is the nature of most knowledge
> 


-- 
Bah, and indeed Humbug.