Category: Human Exceptionalism | Page 10 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
March 5, 2021

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Mathematics
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, abstract thought, C.S. Lewis, Daniel Everett, Darwin Industry, Darwinian theory, Darwinism as religion, hedgehog, Michael Ruse, music, Noam Chomsky, On Purpose, Pirahã people, Richard Dawkins, scientific reductionism, South America, The Selfish Gene, Thomas Henry Huxley}

Michael Ruse on Purpose: The Flies in the Ointment

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March 5, 2021

Arts, Evolution, Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Mathematics

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Ruse’s chronological snobbery might be forgiven if the claims he makes for Darwinism can be unequivocally substantiated. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 8, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
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, ammonia, animal rights, animal welfare, chickens, eggs, Facebook, food animals, Ingrid Newkirk, medical experiments, Nebraska, New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, pets}

Costco Chickens and Human Exceptionalism

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 8, 2021

Bioethics, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism

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The impact of too-onerous animal-welfare laws on the diets of people of limited means becomes clear. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 29, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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, animal rights, animal standing, animal welfare, animals, Argentina, Bronx Zoo, cattle, chimpanzees, Florida, judges, New York State, Nonhuman Rights Project, personhood, writ of habeas corpus}

Pushing Elephant “Personhood”

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 29, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Think cattle herds suing ranchers or lab animals suing universities — not to improve care but to liberate from all human use. Read More ›

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Date
November 22, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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, animal rights, animals, Declaration of Independence, human rights, ID the Future, Nonhuman Rights Project, personhood, PETA, podcast, Reductionism, The War on Humans, Wesley Smith}

Smith: Personhood for Animals? What About Plants?

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November 22, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Bioethicist Wesley Smith examines the meaning of the term “personhood” and its implications for human rights. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 10, 2020

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, adults, Aeon, animals, caregivers, children, chimpanzees, Darwinian evolution, Denyse O'Leary, emotions, empathy, feelings, human beings, infants, intelligence, intelligent design, just-so stories, Mind Matters, rationality}

Empathy — The Foundation of Human Exceptionalism?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 10, 2020

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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If I gave you 15 seconds you could come up with a pat evolutionary just-so story to account for this, speculating on what reproductive advantage it serves. Read More ›

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Date
November 8, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, bioethicis, culture, documentary, human dignity, human life, human rights, The War on Humans, Wesley J. Smith}

What Makes Humans Unique, and Why It Matters

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November 8, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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“Universal human rights are at stake," says Wesley Smith. "The intrinsic dignity of human life is at stake." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 21, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Fine-tuning
History of Science
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, civility, disagreement, evolution, ID the Future, ideology, intelligent design, Michael Flannery, Michael Keas, natural selection}

Disagreeing Agreeably — A Timely Lesson from Darwin and Wallace

_{David Klinghoffer
October 21, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution, Fine-tuning, History of Science, Human Exceptionalism

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Adults across the board engage in public fights where the personal destruction of ideological enemies is always a ready weapon. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 9, 2020

Categories
Ecology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, Animal Minds (series), BBC Earth, chimpanzees, Darwinism, David Attenborough, Denyse O'Leary, Galileo Affair, Günter Bechly, lemurs, Mind Matters, nature, primates, ravens}

From Birds and Lemurs, Lessons About Human Exceptionalism

_{David Klinghoffer
October 9, 2020

Ecology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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Self-degradation, like the “Galileo legend,” is a vital fuel from Darwinism. Plus, "Another failed prediction" of evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 6, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Psychology
Tagged
, Bible, Charles Darwin, Darwinists, evolution, evolutionary theory, golf, intelligent design, Lord Byron, Nautilus, Nicolaus Copernicus, On the Origin of Species, T.H. Huxley}

Admit an “Error” by Darwin and Huxley? Here’s How It Could Be Permitted

_{David Klinghoffer
October 6, 2020

Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Psychology

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As we all know, evolutionary theory, like the famed golf game of Kim Jon-il, contains no errors or weaknesses of any kind. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 16, 2020

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, bonobos, civilization, climate change, culture, David Brooks, Fire-Maker, fires, flying squirrel, grooming, humans, hunting, intelligent design, metallurgy, Michael Denton, New York Times, Pan paniscus, primatology, psychoanalysis, Scott Adams, Wesley J. Smith}

Using Bonobos to Bash Human Exceptionalism

_{David Klinghoffer
September 16, 2020

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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As podcaster Scott Adams would say, there is simply no “payday” for these people in recognizing what makes us, as humans, unique. Read More ›