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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 3, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Alfie Evans, authoritarianism, brain, Canada, Charlie Gard, death, doctor, experts, freedom, hospital, medicine, mind, North America, patients, technocracy, Texas, United Kingdom}

Medical Authoritarianism Continues to Expand

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 3, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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We live in a time where individual freedom is under material threat from an emerging technocracy. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
August 31, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, computer science, COSM, Harvard University Press, human nature, humanism, Latin, Reductionism, Renaissance, Sam Altman, Substack, The Atlantic, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence, Wired, Yuval Harari}

Can Everything Be Reduced to Data?

_{Peter Biles
August 31, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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"Dataism is at odds with human flourishing. It’s difficult to find a Renaissance moment in this ruinous reductionism." Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 31, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Aleš Hrdlička, brains, Darwinian racism, documentary, evolution, human origins, ID the Future, indigenous peoples, John West, Maryland, Michael Medved, podcast, Smithsonian Institution, Washington Post}

Darwin and the Smithsonian’s Racist Brain Collection

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 31, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The motivation for the brain collection was to document how some people were supposedly lower on the evolutionary ladder than others. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 29, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Metascience
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, censorship, COVID-19, embryonic stem cells, evidence-based medicine, Francis Collins, gender-affirming care, Great Barrington Declaration, Harvard University, ideology, medical establishment, medicine, Oxford University, p-hacking, plausibility, Politics, scientism, Stanford University, The Lancet, trust, Vaccines}

Shift from “Evidence-Based” to “Science-Based” Medicine Would Stifle Debate

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 29, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Metascience, Scientific Freedom, Scientific Trustworthiness

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Trust must be earned, not imposed. Information gatekeepers can be wrong. The danger of censorship in the name of “science” is growing. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 28, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, chemicals, Energy, entropy, evolutionary theory, God's Grandeur, ID the Future, intelligent design, materialism, materialists, multiverse, natural processes, natural theology, order, Pat Flynn, philosophers, Philosophy for the People, podcast}

The Return of Natural Theology

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 28, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Scientific Reasoning

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Influenced by a long line of materialist thinkers, Charles Darwin proposed the mechanism of natural selection as a substitute for God. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 28, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Buddhism, Catholic clergy, Christianity, doubt, faith, jesus, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Judaism, rabbis, sermons}

Are Robo-Pastors the Way of the Future?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 28, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

They are certainly not the answer to declining attendance and involvement that some have hoped they would be. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 27, 2023

Categories
Life Sciences
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstractions, animal behavior, Carl Sagan, chimpanzees, confirmation bias, crows, Dogs, emotions, humans, marine biologists, puppies, Scientific American, TikTok, Washington State, wolves}

By Using Floor Buttons, Can Dogs Talk?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 27, 2023

Life Sciences, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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The latest fad in the “Talk to the animals” arena appears to be a classic in confirmation bias. Read More ›

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Date
August 26, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, J.P. Moreland, knowledge, Michael Keas, podcast, reality, science, scientism, truth, Unbelievable}

J. P. Moreland on the Contradictions of Scientism

_{Science & Culture
August 26, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

1}

Scientism is the belief that only the hard sciences can provide any reliably true knowledge. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 24, 2023

Categories
Linguistics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, creativity, neuroscience, Neuroscience News, personality, vertebrates, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}

Right Brain Vs. Left Brain? It’s Murky

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 24, 2023

Linguistics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Vertebrates generally have brains divided into two lobes, an arrangement that may go back half a billion years. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 22, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Philosophy
Tagged
, alt-right, anti-Semitism, axioms, Charles Murray, conservatism, crime, culture, Democrats, elections, eugenics, evolution, Evolution News, Holocaust, Human Zoos, John West, liberalism, neologisms, Nick Fuentes, policies, Politics, Republicans, Steve Sailer, United States}

“Eugenicons”? Call Them What They Are — Social Darwinists

_{David Klinghoffer
August 22, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution, Philosophy

5}

It’s sad when once-useful words turn stale and disintegrate — like losing an old friend. Read More ›