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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 2, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, ancient Greeks, animals, anthropology, birds, death, Dogs, Eurasia, funerals, Homo naledi, humans, Iraq, Israel, Live Science, Neanderthals, Oxford University Press, paleontologists, Shanidar Cave, skeletons, South Africa, University of Arizona, Zagros Mountains}

When Did Humans Start Burying the Dead?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 2, 2023

Bioethics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Only humans understand death as the inevitable and final reality for all mortal beings no matter what we do. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 1, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, blindness, death, faith and science, Gary Habermas, Heaven, home, ID the Future, Minding the Brain, near-death experiences, podcast, scientific evidence, testimony}

The Scientific Evidence for Near-Death Experiences

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 1, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Personal testimony about other realms can’t be independently corroborated, but objective evidence rooted in this world can be confirmed and evaluated. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 1, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abandonment, assisted suicide, autism, doctors, eugenics, euthanasia, Netherlands, patients, psychiatry, University of British Columbia}

Euthanasia for Autism, Intellectual Disabilities in the Netherlands

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 1, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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“Helping people with autism and intellectual disabilities to die is essentially eugenics.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 31, 2023

Categories
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Christof Koch, Closer to Truth, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, David Chalmers, Donald Hoffman, Erwin Schrödinger, evolution, Evolutionary Game Theory, hard problem of consciousness, numbers, physicalism, physicalists, quantum mechanics, rhubarb, Roger Penrose, Sam Harris, subjective experience, University of California}

Eccentric Theories of Consciousness Are Tolerated; But Why?

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 31, 2023

Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The strangest imaginable theory, quantum mechanics, has turned out to be the most experimentally reliable. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 31, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, biotech, censorship, embryos, environmentalism, evidence-based medicine, gender ideology, hospitals, human dignity, human life, ID the Future, medicine, morality, organ harvesting, regulations, science-based medicine, totalitarianism, unborn, Wesley J. Smith}

Halloween Edition: A Look at Frightening Science with Wesley J. Smith

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 31, 2023

Bioethics, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Medicine, Scientific Freedom

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Biotechnology is advancing faster than our ethical considerations, including synthetic human embryos, genetic engineering, and fetal farming. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 29, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, beauty, Center for Science and Culture, culture, David Klinghoffer, evolution, Evolution News, families, goodness, gratitude, happiness, health, human thriving, ID the Future, materialism, reality, relativism, truth}

Why Scientific Materialism Is No Match for Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 29, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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These abstract concepts don’t derive from the material world, yet we feel impoverished without them; they’re foundations of a life worth living. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 28, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Brandeis University, Canada, doctors, euthanasia, hemlock, honey, Ian Dowbiggin, MAiD, medical aid in dying, medication, mercy killing, New York Times, nurse practitioners, patients, suicide, University of Colorado}

How “Medical Aid in Dying” Became the Euphemism of Choice for Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 28, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

5}

When radical policies are proposed, the first step is to change the lexicon to make it seem less extreme, even mundane. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 25, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, After Death, Andrew McDiarmid, Angel Studios, autoscopy, death, documentary, Heaven, Hell, ID the Future, illusion, life, near-death experiences, podcast, resuscitation, soul, theatrical release, tickets}

Accounts from “After Death” Defeat Materialist Contentions About the Soul

_{David Klinghoffer
October 25, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Ahead of the Friday theatrical release, our colleague Andrew McDiarmid talked with Dr. Jeffrey Long, a cancer doctor who appears in the film. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 25, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, ancient world, barbarians, C.S. Lewis, COVID-19, evolution, Hell, hunger, intelligent design, John West, lab coat, podcast, prescience, public health, scientism, scientocracy, sickness, slaves, technocracy, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The Magician's Twin, tyranny, Willing Slaves of the Welfare State, YouTube videos}

John West: C. S. Lewis and the Prophet in the White Lab Coat Who Declares, “Thus Saith the SCIENCE”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 25, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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Science needs its critics as much as any field of human endeavor does. Maybe even more so today. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
October 24, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, evolution, Google, intelligent design, philosophers, science, Stephen Meyer, Terminology Tuesday, UC Berkeley}

Terminology Tuesday: Meyer Asks, “What Is Science? Is Intelligent Design Science?”

_{Emily Sandico
October 24, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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If you thought the answer was simple, try a Google search, which gives a dizzying array of definitions. Read More ›