Category: Social Sciences | Page 28 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 26, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Sociology
Technology
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

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It is always fun to see what our resident technology-worshipping religious fanatics are up to. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
April 16, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Psychology
Science 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

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Experimenting with children's natural mental inclinations to bring about a predetermined conclusion -- sounds like brainwashing, doesn't it? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 14, 2016

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Social 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

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In conservative venues, a splinter called the "alternative right" or "alt-right" is the subject of bitter and voluminous indignation. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 12, 2016

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Sociology
Tagged
, __tedited, academic institutions, bullying, college campuses, creator, Eric Metaxas, hysteria, media, objectivity, peer review, peer-reviewed journals, PLOS ONE, Racism, scientism, sex, social psychology, speech codes, viewpoint diversity}

An Unnoticed Parallel in Academic Speech Codes

_{David Klinghoffer
April 12, 2016

Scientific Freedom, Sociology

4}

In a BreakPoint commentary kindly citing Stephen Meyer and myself, Eric Metaxas reflects on the recent #Creatorgate story. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
April 4, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, __nedited, Homo sapiens, homologies, human uniqueness, language, math, Noam Chomsky, saltationism}

Human Language: The Homo Homolog

_{Michael Denton
April 4, 2016

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

4}

Because of the lack of homology and the lack of plausible adaptive evolutionary steps, the origin of language remains an abiding mystery. Read More ›

The very smart dog studying old books in library

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 4, 2015

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __nedited, agency, altruism, animal behavior, animal intelligence, Animal Minds (series), bees, communication, ethology, evolutionary ethics, free will, grammar, group selection, jellyfish, reasoning, selfish genes}

What Can We Hope to Learn About Animal Minds?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 4, 2015

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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If we can't even define our own consciousness, can we say whether a different type of life form has consciousness or a mind? Read More ›

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Author
Nancy Pearcey

Date
May 8, 2015

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Tagged
, __nedited, Alexis de Tocqueville, atheism, Darwinism, Darwinism as religion, endowed by our creator, endowed by their creator, evolutionary ethics, God, human rights, humanism, materialism, metaethics, Michael Ruse, presuppositions, Richard Rorty, scientism, skepticism, spirituality, theism}

For Its Moral Ideals, Evolutionary Materialism “Freeloads” from Christianity

_{Nancy Pearcey
May 8, 2015

Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy, Psychology

11}

A few years ago, a Mass was composed titled "Missa Charles Darwin" (Missa means Mass), with the texts from Scripture having been replaced by excerpts from Darwin's writings. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 19, 2014

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, __k-review, Research, science}

Leading Evolutionary Scientists Admit We Have No Evolutionary Explanation of Human Language

_{Casey Luskin
December 19, 2014

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

5}

It's difficult to imagine much stronger words from a more prestigious collection of experts. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 10, 2014

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __nedited, cynicism, design filter, design intuition, evolutionary psychology, Michael Medved, Michael Shermer, Mount Rushmore, pareidolia, providence, superstition}

Give Me That Old-Time Pareidolia

_{David Klinghoffer
July 10, 2014

Evolutionary Psychology, Faith & Science

8}

Seeing faces that aren't there is supposed to be a by-product of the evolutionary need to recognize real faces, distinguishing friends from enemies. Read More ›

Psychotherapy session, woman talking to his psychologist in the studio

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
May 28, 2013

Categories
Psychology
Tagged
, __nedited, Eric Hedin, freedom from religion foundation, mathematics, psychiatry, psychology}

Psychiatry as “Science” Controversy Grows

_{Bruce Chapman
May 28, 2013

Psychology

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Slowly it is dawning on people that the borders of "science" are not hard; they bleed into other fields and cannot be construed as fixed. Read More ›