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What Is the RNA World Hypothesis?

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What Is the RNA World Hypothesis?

January 22, 2017 by Fergus Duniho Leave a Comment

With some more scientific details added, this video from Stated Clearly expresses the same basic idea as I did in Abiogenesis by Natural Selection, which is that life evolved from non-living replicators that were RNA or something similar.

Posted in: Science Tagged: Evolution, Video

Must We Presuppose God to Account for Existence?

November 5, 2015 by Fergus Duniho 1 Comment




The argument from existence claims that we must presuppose God to account for existence. But can the existence of God really explain existence?

Posted in: Religion Tagged: God, Meme, Video

Abiogenesis by Natural Selection

November 1, 2015 by Fergus Duniho 6 Comments

Evolution by natural selection didn’t start with life. Anything that can replicate itself can evolve. Life came about from the evolution of non-living replicators.

Posted in: Science Tagged: Evolution, Video

Sye Ten Bruggencate on the Reasonableness of Belief in God

October 8, 2015 by Fergus Duniho Leave a Comment

On May 31, 2014 Sye Ten Bruggencate and Matt Dillahunty debated whether it is reasonable to believe that God exists. Here I analyze in depth Sye Ten Bruggencate’s opening argument.

Posted in: Religion Tagged: God, Truth, Video

Bad Ideas vs Bad People

October 3, 2015 by Fergus Duniho Leave a Comment

Sam Harris has said, There aren’t a lot of bad people. There are a lot of bad ideas, and bad ideas are worse than bad people, ’cause bad ideas are contagious, bad ideas get good people to do horrible things. I want to highlight and elaborate on this.

Posted in: Ethics Tagged: Evil, Video

Why some Christians and Muslims should be Anti-Natalists

September 18, 2015 by Fergus Duniho 1 Comment

Anti-natalism is the position that procreation is morally wrong, and I believe that some Christians and Muslims should be anti-natalists. Let me stress the word some here. I specifically have in mind those Christians and Muslims who believe in eternal damnation in Hell.

Posted in: Ethics, Religion Tagged: Anti-Natalism, Christianity, Islam, Video

The Explanatory Failure of Benatar’s Asymmetry – Part 3

September 15, 2015 by Fergus Duniho Leave a Comment

In his book Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence, David Benatar presents his asymmetry argument for anti-natalism, then claims that his asymmetry is the best explanation for four others. Here I explain why it isn’t a good explanation for the last two asymmetries he brings up.

Posted in: Ethics Tagged: Anti-Natalism, Books, Video

The Explanatory Failure of Benatar’s Asymmetry – Part 2

September 8, 2015 by Fergus Duniho Leave a Comment

In his book Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence, David Benatar presents his asymmetry argument for anti-natalism, then claims that his asymmetry is the best explanation for four others. Here I explain why it isn’t a good explanation for the second asymmetry he brings up.

Posted in: Ethics Tagged: Anti-Natalism, Books, Video

The Explanatory Failure of Benatar’s Asymmetry – Part 1

August 24, 2015 by Fergus Duniho 1 Comment

In his book Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence, David Benatar argues that his asymmetry is the best explanation for four others. Here I explain why it isn’t a good explanation for the first asymmetry he brings up.

Posted in: Ethics Tagged: Anti-Natalism, Books, Video

Introducing Existential Instantiation and Generalization

August 20, 2015 by Fergus Duniho 3 Comments

Existential Instantiation and Existential Generalization are two rules of inference in predicate logic for converting between existential statements and universal statements.

Posted in: Logic Tagged: Symbolic Logic, Video
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