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- noun A
flow in theopposite direction ; or the flow of two fluids in opposite directions - verb To flow in the opposite direction
Etymologies
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Examples
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Of course reliably detecting counterflow is hardly that simple.
The Memory Hole 2005
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The problem with counterflow is that one first has to understand what is natural.
The Memory Hole 2005
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More photos and interactive graphics The Garden State instituted a measure called "counterflow"—making two-way highways one way—and shut the Garden State Parkway south of Belmar and Point Pleasant after 8 p.m.
The Currents Along the Shore Lisa Fleisher 2011
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This is pretty much what Ratzsch's "counterflow" is all about, so your source has the same misconception as me apparently.
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Not necessarily, says Ratzsch, because (AFAICT) he thinks that things like mind correlativity and "counterflow" allow rarified design inferences.
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Human intelligence has "counterflow", and we have designed species.
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It would then be an example of what philosopher Del Ratzsch calls "counterflow"
Views jayr 2010
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And as will be seen later, supernatural design does not necessarily counterflow or intervention in history. designedness entails neither counterflow nor intervention, …
Blast From the Past 2010
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Again, many IDers would strongly disagree with this statement (they even define intelligence as "not by law or chance" or even as "counterflow: that which nature would not otherwise do").
Bunny and a Book 2008
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The incoming tide added to the flow and counterflow, setting off crests of white horses that pranced in irregular silver ranks across the wide waters.
A Small Death in the Great Glen A. D. Scott 2010
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