Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 6, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Medicine Tagged , __k-review, Health & Wellness, Nation, News California Faces a Time of Choosing Wesley J. Smith May 6, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Medicine 1 Will doctors prescribe poison to their terminally ill patients, if asked? Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date May 6, 2016 CategoriesFaith & ScienceLegal Science (jurisprudence)Science Education Tagged , __tedited, advocacy, antireligious, Casey Luskin, constitutionality, courts, double standard, Edwards v. Aguillard, fundamentalism, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, mandates, McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education, neutrality, politicization, public school, religious liberty, separation of church and state, Tree of Life In Court Rulings on Teaching Origins Science, Law Review Article Finds a Double Standard Sarah Chaffee May 6, 2016 Faith & Science, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education 4 Courts typically ignore anti-religious historical associations with Darwinism. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Flannery Date May 5, 2016 CategoriesHistory of Science Tagged , __tedited, Alfred Russel Wallace, anesthesia, Charles Darwin, evolutionary theory, natural processes, Patrick Matthew, plagiarism, responsibility, science fraud Darwin’s Theory of Evolution — or Patrick Matthew’s? Michael Flannery May 5, 2016 History of Science 5 Journalist Daniel Engber discusses the theory that Charles Darwin engaged in intellectual theft or plagiarism. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 4, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Medicine Tagged , __tedited, advice, assisted suicide, cooperation, culture of death, euthanasia, Health & Wellness, legalization What to Do if You Live in a Jurisdiction with Legalized Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia Wesley J. Smith May 4, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Medicine 2 Just because something is legal doesn't mean it's right. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date May 3, 2016 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyNeuroscience & MindPsychology Tagged , __tedited, abstract thinking, choices, determinism, fallacy, free will, human mind, human responsibilities, illusions, mind-brain debate, natural causes, people, self Is Free Will Just "Your Brain Tricking Itself"? Michael Egnor May 3, 2016 Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology 5 When scientists propose a really inane explanation for a mundane observation, evolutionary psychology is likely the discipline invoked. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 3, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicineSociology Tagged , __tedited, brain death, death, discrimination, Health & Wellness, human fetus, organ donors, personhood, redefinition Redefining Death as a "Sociological" Event Wesley J. Smith May 3, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine, Sociology 3 An ongoing project in bioethics would open the door to profound evil. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date May 2, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionFaith & SciencePhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, history Crime and Punishment, and Darwin’s Theory David Klinghoffer May 2, 2016 Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy 1 In the years that followed 1859, the impact of evolutionary thinking seeped across the culture of Europe and America. Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date May 2, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignScience Education Tagged , __k-review, Research, Science Evolution in Kindergarten: Now Brought to You by the National Science Foundation Sarah Chaffee May 2, 2016 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education 1 Your taxpayer dollars will be going toward research on preconditioning young minds to accept evolution. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 28, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, age restriction, competency, culture of death, decision-making, depression, disabled, doctors, euthanasia, Groningen protocol, Health & Wellness, infanticide, killing, legalization, mental illness, neonate, Netherlands, parental consent, protective guidelines, responsibilities, rights, suffering, terminal illness, trust The Culture of Death Is Like the Universe Wesley J. Smith April 28, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 3 Once set in motion, it never stops expanding. Thus we now see the push in the Netherlands to euthanize children. Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date April 27, 2016 CategoriesIntelligent DesignPhilosophy of ScienceScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, Alvin Plantinga, animals, biases, C. S. Lewis, cherry-picking fallacy, circular reasoning, education, human capacities, human condition, human nature, inference, John West, lawyers, methodology, Nancy Pearcey, naturalism, nonsense, objectivity, people, psychology, reasoning, scientific advance, scientific method, technological advancement, trust in scientists Lawyer, Scientist, or Animal? Choosing Between Evolution and Human Reason Sarah Chaffee April 27, 2016 Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning 4 Darwinism undercuts human reason. That's bad news for science. Read More ›