I'm not interested in researching your source. Your claim was that all of the theory of evolution has been overturned. Explain in your own words how the idea of natural selection applied to genetic variation over time in living populations leading to the tree of life we find today has been overturned.If you don’t accept the source, you must provide a credible source that refutes it not merely some subjective opinion.
I don't know what you mean by equate, but matter had to evolve into the prebiotic earth in order for abiogenesis (chemical evolution) to occur.You cannot equate the alleged evolution of the living to the material change of the nonliving
You've made this claim to me, but it's an ignorantium fallacy. Add the word "known" as in "no known route," and the statement is correct. The precise pathways haven't been elucidated and may never be, but that doesn't mean that it couldn't or didn't happen.There is no route that gives rise to the alleged vast change or increase of new genetic info that is required for the evolution of new families, phyla or genera, i.e., macroevolution.
Wordplay? That's the position of materialism regarding the relationship of mind and matter. It's one of four logically possible relationships between A and B if A (mind) and B (matter) both exist: A derives from B (materialism), B derives from A (idealism), they both derive from C (neutral monism), and they are unrelated (Cartesian dualism).Wordplay such as “an epiphenomenon of physical reality” wouldn’t resolve the contradiction.
No, I don't, and I don't know how to correct that error. I've already explained the way in which that is incorrect. Shall I do it again? My limit is twice.You argue that consciousness is somehow an outcome of a physical process
None of that is answerable at this time.Per your perspective, is there a mechanism that gives rise to consciousness (as the final outcome)? What is the nature of that mechanism? Is it physical or non-physical/supernatural?
I listed the four logical possibilities above.Is there any other option?
I will correct this just once more. Please take note here. I cannot tell directly whether any other entity but myself is conscious. I don't seriously doubt that other people and the more evolved beasts are conscious, but it's only an irresistible intuition and not something I can demonstrate just by observing material bodies. It is in this sense that, "physical processes don’t imply consciousness." Also, mind MAY be "an outcome of some physical mechanism." Please assimilate that and rebut if you can. Explain how one can know that other apparently conscious agents are conscious by observing their "physical processes" and why mind cannot be an epiphenomenon of matter.Yet, you cannot postulate that physical processes don’t imply consciousness and at the same time claim that consciousness is somehow an outcome of some physical mechanisms.
Please cut-and-paste this reply, and the next time you feel like writing that sentence, refer to this then.
Yes, but not direct evidence and not conclusive. There is no solution to the other minds problem.Statistically significant observations of responses with high level of appropriateness are evidence of consciousness.
That's an argument for why robots aren't conscious, but one again, not conclusive. One can never say what the inner life of a robot is if any: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - WikipediaThat perspective is deficient in the sense that it requires a preprogrammed appropriate response to every possible stimulus. IOW, it takes “conscious decision-making” out of the equation by assuming endless preprogrammed appropriate responses (similar to a robot) rather than conscious decision-making.
I don't see any inconsistency there. It may be conscious and maybe not. Either way, it pleases me to treat it like it's conscious, and it would pain me to treat it abusively even if it were unconscious.You would treat robots with kindness, dignity, and respect; you assume it may be conscious, yet you doubt the consciousness of living systems!! What a confusion!
New genes result from changes in DNA. I think you're heading into sorites paradox territory. We see this when we discuss the first humans, for example. Once people didn't exist and now they do. What creature was the first human being? What non-human mother delivered a human baby? The question can't be answered, because human being is an imprecise predicate. "New gene" is an imprecise predicate.Change in DNA sequence is not equal to new genes. Mutation creates slightly different versions of the same genes, called alleles. Not new genes.