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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 14, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, bioethics, Canada, Charles Camosy, consensus, doctors, George W. Bush, human life, Journal of Medical Ethics, lawyers, Leon Kass, medical ethics, Ontario, orthodoxy, Paul Ramsey, philosophers, President’s Council on Bioethics, professors, public health, public policy, tradition}

Contrary to Claims, Bioethics Is Not a “Moral Tradition”

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October 14, 2025

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Talk about a “heads we win, tails you lose” consensus that can drive Hippocratic physicians out of the profession. Read More ›

Alfred Nobel Prize. Two medals standing on red fabric.

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 9, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, autoimmune diseases, blood-clotting cascade, Daniel Davis, Daniel Lawler, Foxp3, Fred Ramsdell, Helen Thomson, Immune System, immunologists, Imperial College London, Institute for Systems Biology, Irreducible Complexity, Japan, Julien Dury, Mary Brunkow, Michael Behe, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize, regulatory T cells, San Francisco, Seattle, Shimon Sakaguchi, Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Tregs, University of Osaka, Your Amazing Body}

Biological Foresight Wins Nobel Prize

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October 9, 2025

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Who is more worthy of honor: the designer of a highly sophisticated functional system, or investigators who figured out how it works? Read More ›

Concept change transformation evolution adaptation personal societal shifts narrative progression consciousness continuity transition resilience

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Date
October 1, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Billions of Missing Links, books, Charles Darwin, Coast to Coast AM, consciousness, evolution, Geoffrey Simmons, George Noory, intelligent design, patients, radio, Science and Culture Today, What Darwin Didn’t Know}

Consciousness and Intelligent Design: Dr. Simmons on Coast to Coast Tonight

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October 1, 2025

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He tells us, “My patients have contacted me from all over the world having heard me on this show on previous occasions.” Read More ›

People gathered around the red navigation pointer pin. Meeting place concept. A long awaited meeting, a company of friends, acquaintance via the Internet. Event or holiday. Organization of joint trip

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 29, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bank account, brain, cerebellum, consciousness, cortex, hammer, human mind, Local, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, password, Real Clear Science, The Immortal Mind, Wilder Penfield}

Are We Looking for Consciousness in the “Wrong Part” of the Brain?

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September 29, 2025

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Al of this reasoning assumes that human consciousness — the human mind — is local. Located in one single place. It probably isn’t. Read More ›

Hands of an elderly man resting on a walking cane

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 21, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, advance directive, Alzheimer’s disease, antibiotics, dementia, hospice, killing, nursing, palliative care, patients, suffering, suicide, Thaddeus Mason Pope}

Will We Care For or Kill Dementia Patients?

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September 21, 2025

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I understand that people are terrified of dementia. Believe me, I get it. My mother died of Alzheimer’s. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, cancer, cell types, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian processes, Denis Noble, evolution, genes, intelligent design, Journal of Molecular Evolution, metazoans, Michael Behe, mutations, National Cancer Institute, Perry Marshall, reproduction, survival, tumor, Vanderbilt University}

Two Peer-Reviewed Papers Apply Behe’s “Darwin Devolves” Thesis to Cancer

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September 15, 2025

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One day in the mid 2010s, Ann Gauger and I received a message that an ID-friendly scientist was in town and wanted to meet us. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 14, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, apology, dignity, emotion, ethics, Fox News, homeless, hospitalization, human beings, lethal injection, media, mental illness, murder, News, North Carolina, TikTok}

Did Brian Kilmeade Actually Say That?

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September 14, 2025

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We have to always remember that people who are homeless have equal intrinsic dignity as all other human beings. Read More ›

Male doctor holding female patient hand on the hospital bed.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 10, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, animal testing, animals, Anthony Fauci, assisted suicide, bioethics, California, cancer, euthanasia, HIV, human body, illness, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Nuremberg Code, organ farms, Peter Singer, terminal illness, UC San Diego, utilitarianism}

California Research Experiments on People with “Life-Shortening” Conditions

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September 10, 2025

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Human beings, regardless of how sick they are or how long they are expected to live, should never be considered less worthy of protection than are animals. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 5, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, arms, body parts, culture, Daily Mail, Due Process Clause, legs, medicine, mental illness, personal autonomy, spinal cord, transgender}

Here It Comes: First Transgenderism, Next Transableism

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September 5, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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Why is it not also appropriate to cut off unwanted arms or snip spinal cords if that brings emotional relief? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 2, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, disease, doctors, equity, healing, health insurance, healthcare, Journal of Medical Ethics, medicine, patients, technology, trans identity, transhumanists}

Next: “Digital Twins” as a Matter of “Equity”?

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September 2, 2025

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Medicine is no longer just about treating disease, healing injuries, and promoting physical wellness. Read More ›