Category: Culture | Page 221 | Science and Culture Today

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Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 17, 2018

Categories
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, Arizona, Arizona Republic, creationism, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, intelligent design, Live Science, reporter, reporting, schools, science, Science Education Policy, science standards}

Stop the Presses! Columnist Reports Accurately on Arizona Science Standards

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June 17, 2018

Science Reporting

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It’s always encouraging when this happens. The problem is, it happens all too rarely. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 16, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Psychology
Science Education
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, __k-review, American history, behavior, bias, Caltech, critical thinking, education, evolution, ideology, Internet, knowledge, objectivity, power, science, Scientific American, stem, students, Yale University}

Yale President Calls for Objectivity in Science Education

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June 16, 2018

Evolution, Psychology, Science Education

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He might not welcome my saying so, but his emphasis on thinking critically and examining evidence is spot-on. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 15, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
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, __k-review, Canada, evolution, First Amendment, Free Speech on Campus, Jordan Peterson, knowledge, lawsuit, Lindsay Shepherd, National Post, political correctness, University of Toronto}

Lindsay Shepherd’s University Endorses Free Speech

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 15, 2018

Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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She was called into a meeting and chastised by faculty members. She recorded the meeting and publicized the recording. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 14, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __k-review, Alan Turing, Bible, calculator, computer science, creativity, David Gelernter, education, freedom, Great Minds with Michael Medved, mathematician, Michael Medved, mind, parents, schools, United States, Yale University}

Great Minds: Medved and Gelernter on Human Exceptionalism, American Exceptionalism

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June 14, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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The human mind is exceptional in the universe as the United States is exceptional on the face of the Earth. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 13, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, abortion, authoritarianism, BBC News, Canada, civil rights, doctors, euthanasia, health care, hospital, human rights, Ireland, liberty, medical conscience, nurses, Roman Catholic}

Medical Conscience Crisis Comes to Ireland

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 13, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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This is not only authoritarian — shattering the guarantees of religious liberty in virtually all existing human-rights accords — but could cause a significant brain drain. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 12, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfie Evans, authoritarianism, autonomy, Charlie Gard, doctors, futile care theory, hypocrisy, killing, medicine, Nazism, patients, technocracy, treatment, United Kingdom, utilitarianism}

Bioethicists to the People: “Obey Us!”

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June 12, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Udo Schuklenk is furious at the public backlash against the forced removal of life support from Alfie Evans in the U.K. Read More ›

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Date
June 12, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
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, __k-review, "God of the gaps", Ann Gauger, Bible, BioLogos, C. John Collins, Casey Luskin, Colin Reeves, common design, concordism, David Klinghoffer, Denis Lamoureux, DNA, evolution, fossil record, Francis Collins, Günter Bechly, hominid fossils, Homo erectus, Homo naledi, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation, Lawrence Krauss, Ola Hössjer, pseudogenes, Rick Potts, RNA, Stephen Meyer, teeth, theistic evolution, Tree of Life, universal common ancestry}

On Hominid Fossils and Universal Common Ancestry, Denis Lamoureux Distorts

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June 12, 2018

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Lamoureux is the theistic evolutionist who left an indelible impression a couple of years ago when he debated Stephen Meyer and atheist Lawrence Krauss. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 11, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, animals, Avengers: Infinity War, culture, Darwinism, deer, Ebola, entertainment, evolution, hero, Hollywood, ID the Future, intelligent design, materialism, movies, podcast, Rachel Adams, Robert Crowther, Thanos, viruses}

Listen: Reviewing Infinity War — And What’s That Got to Do with Intelligent Design?

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June 11, 2018

Bioethics, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionary ecologist Eric Pianka has mused about a dramatic culling of the human race, by 90 percent, courtesy of the “efficient” Ebola virus. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 11, 2018

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __k-review, abstract thought, Adrian Dyer, animals, Aristotle, artificial intelligence, Australia, dog, food, honeybees, humans, Melbourne, neurons, nothing, researchers, universals, visual cortex, zero}

Can Bees Understand the Concept of “Zero”?

_{Michael Egnor
June 11, 2018

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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The scientists credited the bees with more intelligence than some humans. Read More ›

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Date
June 10, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, computers, consciousness, Henry Kissinger, humans, ID the Future, Jay Richards, Mike Keas, podcast, robots, The Atlantic, The Human Advantage}

Jay Richards: Press Pause on the Robot Apocalypse

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June 10, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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Henry Kissinger has sounded an alarm over AI, and raises questions about machine ethics and the possibility that humans may learn we’re not so special after all. Read More ›