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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 11, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Alzheimer’s disease, Arthur Caplan, bioethics, chemotherapy, competency, dehydration, dementia, food, liquids, medical treatment, medicine, nurse, nursing, nutrients, patients, starvation, surgery, Terri Schiavo}

Should Caregivers Be Forced to Starve Dementia Patients?

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 11, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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If you did such a thing to a dog, you would go to jail. When will we say, “Enough. This is too much to ask”? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 8, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, biology, Casey Luskin, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Denis Noble, Discovery Institute, engineering, engineers, function, ID 3.0, information, intelligent design, intention, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, Perry Marshall, purpose, random mutation, randomness, teleology, Third Way of Evolution, Venn diagram}

Here’s the Venn Diagram from My Conversation with Denis Noble

_{Casey Luskin
August 8, 2025

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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While preparing for the conversation, I created the diagram comparing the similarities and differences among three viewpoints. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 8, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Adam Jacobs, brain, Christof Koch, consciousness, corpus callosum, epilepsy, Justine Sergent, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, mind, MIT, neuroscience, split-brain surgery, The Immortal Mind, University of Amsterdam, violin, Wilder Penfield, Yair Pinto}

Conundrum: Split Brain But Unified Perception

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 8, 2025

Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Current research suggests that a non-materialist approach to the neuroscience of the human mind is quite viable. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
August 6, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, artificial inteligence, evolution, evolutionary process, fitness landscape, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, PNAS, protein folds, proteins, researchers, sampling bias, simulation tool}

False Science: A Claim to Simulate Protein Evolution

_{Cornelius Hunter
August 6, 2025

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The researchers designed a simulation tool, and then falsely claimed that it represents the evolutionary process. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 5, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, bioethicists, brain, brain death, cardiac arrest, circulation, comatose, consciousness, equality, health care, heart, human life, intention, medicine, memory, New York Times, organ donors, organ-harvesting, organs, patients, trust}

Killing for Organs — Who Could Possibly Object?

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 5, 2025

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine

4}

Three doctors promote the idea of “redefining death” to allow patients to be killed for their organs. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 4, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bioethics, choking, death, Department of Health and Human Services, doctors, kidney, New York Times, organ-harvesting, overdose, patients}

Organ-Procurement Goofs Threaten Trust

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 4, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The “dead donor rule” is the cement that binds the public’s trust in organ transplant medicine. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 1, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial inteligence, Bard, ChatGPT, Conservation of Information, data, education, ID the Future, intelligent design, large language models, physical world, podcast, technology, thought, truth, Wikipedia, William Dembski}

Bill Dembski: Pursuing Truth and Trust in AI and LLMs

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 1, 2025

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Dembski and I also explore the potential for AI to enhance human capabilities and education if used judiciously. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 31, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithmic control circuits, bacteria, Bill Gates, blind evolution, Casey Luskin, computer programming, conditional logic, conditional logic control circuits, Denis Noble, DNA, enzymes, evolution, evolutionary biology, glucose, intelligence, intelligent design, lactose, Oxford University, Perry Marshall, promoter, pseudocode, RNA polymerase, Third Way of Evolution}

My Conversation with Denis Noble and Perry Marshall About Evolution and Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
July 31, 2025

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In our experience, what cause generates conditional logic circuits, and then what cause re-uses those algorithmic programs over and over in different systems? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 31, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Bard, ChatGPT, computer science, Grok, ID the Future, intelligent design, large language models, mathematicians, mathematics, philosophers, philosophy, SETI, The Design Inference, William A. Dembski}

On Intelligent Design, Is AI Teachable?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 31, 2025

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Can large language models rise above the biases of sources like Wikipedia to help level the playing field for intelligent design? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 25, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, abortion, assisted suicide, Australia, bioethics, British Columbia, Canada, doctors, euthanasia, Ezekiel Emanuel, health care, Hippocratic Oath, hospice, hospitals, human life, Julian Savulescu, medical conscience, medical school, medicine, nurses, nursing homes, Ontario, patients, transgenderism}

Attacks on Medical Conscience Will Force Doctors to Take Human Life

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 25, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Reproductive Science

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Destroying conscience will inhibit talented people with particular moral or religious beliefs from entering medical and nursing schools. Read More ›