Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date June 27, 2016 CategoriesEthicsFaith & ScienceSociology Tagged , __tedited, culture, Eugenie Scott, human behavior, Lawrence Krauss, misconduct, New Atheism, policy, religious beliefs, Richard Dawkins, secularism, women You Might Think Twice Before Signing Up for a “Skeptics” Conference David Klinghoffer June 27, 2016 Ethics, Faith & Science, Sociology 3 Thoughtful reader Steve asks, "Do ID conferences ever have to post something like this?" Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date June 9, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsPolitical ScienceScience Reporting Tagged , __tedited, ad hominem, confirmation bias, correlation, ideology, objectivity, subjectivity, trust in scientists With Stunning Admission of Error, Scientific Name-Calling Suffers a Setback David Klinghoffer June 9, 2016 Bioethics, Political Science, Science Reporting 4 The discourse of name-calling is a scourge of public life today, and it's only getting worse. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date June 3, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsSocial Sciences Tagged , __tedited, biological origins, culture, disabled, Ernst Haeckel, ethics, eugenics, euthanasia, forced sterilization, human life, human rights, infanticide, mercy killing, Richard Weikart, sanctity of life, scientism, Social Darwinism, society The Darwinian Origins of Euthanasia Advocacy David Klinghoffer June 3, 2016 Bioethics, Social Sciences 5 Everything in ethics, every single weighty cultural issue I can think of, hinges on the question of biological origins. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Flannery Date May 12, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsFaith & ScienceSociology Tagged , __tedited, atheism, Darwin: Portrait of a Genius, human exceptionalism, human life, Paul Johnson, Peter Singer, purpose, Richard Weikart, secular culture, self-awareness, Social Darwinism, Susan Blackmore Debating Weikart, Peter Singer and Susan Blackmore Omit Atheism’s Glaring Contradictions Michael Flannery May 12, 2016 Bioethics, Faith & Science, Sociology 2 I find troubling Singer's barometer of human worth -- tied to self-awareness -- leading as it does to dangerous nonsense. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date May 6, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionEvolutionary PsychologyScience Reporting Tagged , __tedited, behavior, competition, controversy, discrimination, evolutionary psychology, female sports, feminism, hunter-gatherers, imagination, instinct, just-so stories, masculinity, motivation, policymakers, Politics, population dynamics, pre-human ancestors, public opinion, Science Daily, science writers, speculation, Sports, surprise As an Exercise, Write a Research Article in Evolutionary Psychology, Off the Top of Your Head David Klinghoffer May 6, 2016 Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Science Reporting 4 Right now. You can do it. 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, 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 Wesley J. Smith Date April 26, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsSociologyTechnology Tagged , __tedited, anti-human, anti-human exceptionalism, anti-humanism, biology, biotechnology, brain implant, change, conservatism, CRISPR, disguised religion, equality, Futurism, gene editing, gods, human dignity, human evolution, Internet, microchips, nuclear weapons, radicalism, robotics, scientism, superheroes, technology, transhumanism, Zoltan Istvan Transhumanists Want to Be Gods Wesley J. Smith April 26, 2016 Bioethics, Sociology, Technology 4 It is always fun to see what our resident technology-worshipping religious fanatics are up to. Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date April 16, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionPsychologyScience Education Tagged , __tedited, "teach the controversy", academic freedom, adaptation, Age of Exploration, common sense, critical thinking, design intuition, development, fact, imagination, intellectual freedom, intuitions, microevolution, natural selection, opinions, psychology, public education, reproduction, science education, scientific method, speciation, teleology, The Guardian, United Kingdom, United States, Universal Design Intuition Evolution in Kindergarten Sarah Chaffee April 16, 2016 Evolution, Psychology, Science Education 5 Experimenting with children's natural mental inclinations to bring about a predetermined conclusion -- sounds like brainwashing, doesn't it? Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date April 14, 2016 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyScience ReportingSocial Sciences Tagged , __tedited, abortion, alt-right, bigotry, biodiversity, conservatives, diversity, eugenics, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary racism, National Review, pseudoscientific racism, Race Realism, Richard Spencer, scientific racism, Social Darwinism, Steve Sailer, The Federalist, The Unz Review Evolution and the Alt-Right David Klinghoffer April 14, 2016 Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting, Social Sciences 6 In conservative venues, a splinter called the "alternative right" or "alt-right" is the subject of bitter and voluminous indignation. Read More ›
