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June 25, 2018

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Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Zoology
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, __k-review, academic freedom, anniversary, Cambrian Explosion, education, evolutionary theory, fossils, Free Science, ID the Future, intelligent design, legislation, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, Sarah Chaffee, science, science standards, scientists}

Listen: Wade Warren on 10th Anniversary of LSEA

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June 25, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom, Zoology

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The LSEA gave teachers freedom to teach about both the scientific strengths and weaknesses of evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 25, 2018

Categories
Science Education
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, __k-review, academic freedom, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Center for Science and Culture, creationism, critical thinking, education, evolution, evolutionary theory, Free Science, intelligent design, lawsuits, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, religion, science denial, scientific inquiry, students, teachers, Tennessee, Zack Kopplin}

Louisiana Science Education Act Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 25, 2018

Science Education

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The LSEA demonstrates that we don’t have to teach evolution dogmatically in public schools. Read More ›

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Date
June 24, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Ethics
Philosophy
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, __k-review, atheism, culture, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, Israel, meaning, meaninglessness, morality, Moshe Averick, Nonsense of a High Order, Paul Nelson, podcast, UCLA}

Listen: Morality in a Meaningless World

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June 24, 2018

Bioethics, Biology, Ethics, Philosophy

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Discovery Institute fellow Paul Nelson interviews Rabbi Moshe Averick. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 23, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, "rational suicide", aging, assisted suicide, culture of death, legalization, loneliness, United States}

How Contemporary Society Promotes Elder Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 23, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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Two UCSF medical professors warn about increasing “rational” elder suicides. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
June 22, 2018

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Genetics
Tagged
, __k-review, bacteria, biogeography, Charles Darwin, common descent, cosmic rays, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, earth, Hans Vodder, intelligent design, Michelangelo’s David, miracles, natural, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, paleontology, theistic evolution, Tree of Life, Undeniable (book), unnatural, wind}

Two Views of Evolution, and Why They Don’t Mix

_{Douglas Axe
June 22, 2018

Biology, Faith & Science, Genetics

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If he chose to, could God use a sandstorm to turn a block of marble into a representation of the human form that would put Michelangelo’s David to shame? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
June 22, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, Bill Nye, children, Cyanobacteria, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, Francis Crick, functional coherence, intelligent design, interventions, intuition, Journal of Molecular Biology, Michael Behe, photosynthesis, Richard Dawkins, theism, Universal Design Intuition, University of Cambridge}

A Child’s Intuition of Purpose in Nature Is No Accident

_{Jonathan Wells
June 22, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Psychology

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In 1929, child psychologist Jean Piaget called children “artificialists” who tend to regard everything as “the product of human creation.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 21, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, artificial intelligence, China, dystopia, economics, future, Great Minds with Michael Medved, humans, Jay Richards, machines, Michael Medved, middle class, prestige, robots, smart machines, The Human Advantage, unemployment}

Richards, Medved: Sex Robots and the Future “Smart Machine” Dystopia

_{David Klinghoffer
June 21, 2018

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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There are some definite “Stop the world, I want to get off” moments in the new Great Minds with Michael Medved podcast from Discovery Institute. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 20, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, BBC News, computer program, conservatives, enzyme, function, gene, King’s College London, Maryland, monkeys, PETA, rats, spinal cord, stroke, viruses}

We Need the Grim Good of Animal Research

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 20, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Scientists researching gene therapy as a potential future therapy have succeeded in restoring feeling to paralyzed rats. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 20, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, birth defects, CIA, Daily Wire, Denmark, Down syndrome, eugenics, Europe, euthanasia, France, From Darwin to Hitler, Germany, human dignity, Iceland, Nazis, Pope Francis, Richard Dawkins, Richard Weikart, sterilization}

Were Nazis More Tolerant of Down Syndrome than Some European Countries Today?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 20, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Richard Dawkins lashed out at Pope Francis for the latter’s comparing modern eugenic efforts to Nazi precedents that sought to “create a pure race.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 19, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, american enterprise institute, Arthur C. Brooks, artificial intelligence, economics, employment, Facebook, hysteria, Jay Richards, media, Museum of Flight, population, Seattle, smart machines, steam engine, The Human Advantage, Twitter, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, work}

What to Fear? Jay Richards’s The Human Advantage Is Out!

_{David Klinghoffer
June 19, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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The scary thing about AI and related advances in technology is not what it will to do us — like put us all out of work — but what we’ll do with it to ourselves and each other. Read More ›