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On Tobacco, Technocracy Has a Clever New Idea

Is tobacco just the first villain to be punished by a growing technocracy that seeks to limit freedom based on an ever-expanding definition of “health”? Read More ›
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Sociovirologists Say Viruses Can Cheat, Cooperate

What does it mean to say that a defective string of genes’s behavior could be self-defeating? Or self-preserving? Where did the “self” come in? Read More ›
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How the Public Health Establishment Squandered Our Trust

The Covid pandemic was devastating, not only for society generally, but also to the reputations of our once-trusted health agencies. Read More ›
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Assuming Design, Researchers Achieve a Breakthrough in Understanding Circulatory System

The authors also explain how the standard evolutionary framework misdirected earlier researchers. Read More ›
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Bioethicists Want to Rule the World!

It seems to me that the best approach to the policy opinions of mainstream bioethicists is to consider the source, shrug, and carry on. Read More ›
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Safe Viewing of the April 8 Solar Eclipse

Unfortunately, there are some unscrupulous people selling fake eclipse glasses. This may not seem like a big deal to some. Read More ›
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For a Maverick Scientist, Curiosity Lead to Unexpected Adventures

In 1907, Forrest Mims’s great-grandfather lost his eyesight in a train track construction accident. Read More ›
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Beware of the “Right to Health”

Health and wellness are becoming the primary justifications for international technocracy, or “rule by experts.” Read More ›
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A Philosopher Investigates Near-Death Experiences

Monika Mandoki did not experience efforts to get her canceled. That may be for several reasons. Read More ›

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