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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 12, 2015

Categories
Bioethics
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Medicine
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Marcia Angell Is Enthusiastic for Euthanasia

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 12, 2015

Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Medicine

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I would like to briefly review a book review by the former New England Journal of Medicine executive editor -- and assisted suicide booster. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 11, 2015

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Bioethics
Medicine
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The Historical Significance of Jack Kevorkian

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 11, 2015

Bioethics, Medicine

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If tomorrow's history books lionize him as�a visionary leader of freedom, the culture of the West will be as dead as Kevorkian's 130 "patients." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 24, 2014

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
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Why Bioethics Should "Fail"

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 24, 2014

Bioethics, Medicine

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Julian Savulescu represents all that I find so objectionable about the mainstream bioethics movement. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 18, 2014

Categories
Intelligent Design
Technology
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Interstellar Unwittingly Argues that Permitting Design Inferences Is Necessary to Good Science

_{Casey Luskin
December 18, 2014

Intelligent Design, Technology

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I known, I know, it's only a movie. If you've seen it then I hope that the following will make perfect sense to you. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 17, 2014

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
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Understanding Memories: Lovely Metaphors Belong in Songs, Not Science

_{Michael Egnor
December 16, 2014

Medicine, Philosophy

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I'm reminded of a phrase from one of my favorite songwriters, Paul Simon, in "The Boxer": "I've squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 16, 2014

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
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In Bioethics, Infanticide Is Now “Debatable”

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 16, 2014

Bioethics, Medicine

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The late Richard John Neuhaus famously wrote this of bioethicists. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 15, 2014

Categories
Bioethics
Technology
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Your Computer Doesn’t Like You

_{Michael Egnor
December 15, 2014

Bioethics, Technology

1}

Intelligence, as denoted in "artificial intelligence," corresponds roughly to what Aristotle meant by intellect and will. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Sheldon

Date
December 12, 2014

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
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"Unintelligent Design," You Say? An Automotive Parable

_{Rob Sheldon
December 12, 2014

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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The past five months, I've been trying to change the head gasket on a 2001 Chrysler PT. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 12, 2014

Categories
Computational Sciences
Science
Technology
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Your Computer Can’t Remember a Darned Thing

_{Michael Egnor
December 12, 2014

Computational Sciences, Science, Technology

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For materialists, the metaphor of memory for computer storage of electronic representations has become metaphysics. Read More ›