Steven Pinker honorary degree Type post Author Richard Weikart Date February 26, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsBiologyEvolutionPsychology Tagged , __k-review, anthropology, Arthur Schopenhauer, assumptions, biases, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Europeans, evolution, human origins, ideology, Nobel Prize, prejudices, pseudoscience, Racism, religion, scientific racism, scientists, Steven Pinker, The Descent of Man On the History of Darwinism, Scientific Racism, and Hitler, Is Steven Pinker Objective? Richard Weikart February 26, 2018 Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Psychology 5 Pinker is right that we should formulate our ideas based on evidence, not bias and preconceptions. Read More ›
Steven-Pinker Type post Author Richard Weikart Date February 24, 2018 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPsychology Tagged , __k-review, “consensus science”, altruism, assumptions, bias, Chronicle of Higher Education, David Hume, Harvard University, Lord Kelvin, objectivity, science, Steven Pinker, subjectivity, thermodynamics Is Science Objective? Steven Pinker’s Counterattack Against the “War on Science” Richard Weikart February 24, 2018 Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology 5 Unfortunately, Pinker’s overweening faith in science as a reliable path to the truth has its own problems. Read More ›
Frankenstein-1 Type post Author Richard Weikart Date January 30, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsLife Sciences Tagged , __k-review, biotechnology, cloning, creator, evil, Frankenstein, horror, Journal of Medical Ethics, Julian Savulescu, knowledge, love, Mary Shelley, Oxford University, science, scientists Frankenstein 200 Years Later: Have We Heeded the Warning? Richard Weikart January 30, 2018 Bioethics, Life Sciences 4 Shelley’s cautionary tale of a scientific experiment run amok has profound implications for today’s bioethics debates. Read More ›
troll Type post Author Richard Weikart Date September 7, 2017 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionFaith & Science Tagged , __k-review, alt-right, Christianity, Darwinism, Friedrich Nietzsche, Hitler’s Religion, Internet, Nazis, neo-Nazis, paganism, Richard Spencer The Religion of the Alt-Right Richard Weikart September 7, 2017 Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science 6 Some leading figures of the alt-right, such as Richard Spencer, are sympathetic with paganism. Read More ›
animal shelter Type post Author Richard Weikart Date July 19, 2017 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , __k-review, Darwinism, Dogs, E.O. Wilson, evolution, homeless, Jerry Coyne, Michael Ruse, morality, sanctity of life, University of Chicago Jerry Coyne, Infanticide, and the Evolution of Morality Richard Weikart July 19, 2017 Bioethics, Evolution 4 I’m confident Coyne will be outraged by this proposal -- as he should be. However, this is exactly how we treat dogs. Read More ›
Type post Author Richard Weikart Date January 13, 2017 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & Science Tagged , __k-review, history, nature Was Hitler a Creationist? A Christian? Decoding a Famous Quotation from Mein Kampf Richard Weikart January 13, 2017 Evolution, Faith & Science 1 The context implies that Hitler was not thinking of a Creator God in the way that most people would. Read More ›
Type post Author Richard Weikart Date November 21, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & ScienceScience Education Tagged , __k-review, history, science Was Darwinism Banned from Nazi Germany? Richard Weikart November 21, 2016 Evolution, Faith & Science, Science Education 1 My new book, Hitler's Religion: The Twisted Beliefs that Drove the Third Reich, is out today. Read More ›
Type post Author Richard Weikart Date September 28, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionFaith & Science Tagged , __k-review, Science Sociological Survey Confirms the Dangers of a “Biological” View of Humanity Richard Weikart September 28, 2016 Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science 1 Over the years I have explained how scientific materialism and Darwinism have had a dehumanizing impact on us. Read More ›
Type post Author Richard Weikart Date September 8, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionScience Reporting Tagged , __k-review, News, Science Darwinism and the Sexual Revolution Richard Weikart September 8, 2016 Bioethics, Evolution, Science Reporting 1 Yet another "scientific" study claims that Darwinian processes have given us genetic proclivities toward sexual immorality. Read More ›
Type post Author Richard Weikart Date April 14, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , __k-review, history Why My Critics Care So Much About the Darwin-Hitler Connection Richard Weikart April 14, 2016 Bioethics, Evolution 1 Howls of indignation erupted from the Darwinian community after I published my earlier historical works. Read More ›