Category: Sociology

Old fashioned television set with green screen displaying static noise in a vintage living room with outdated furniture.

^{Type
post

Author
Peter Biles

Date
August 29, 2025

Categories
Arts
Linguistics
Sociology
Tagged
, Bible, books, censorship, civilization, communication, COVID-19, economy, education, Fahrenheit 451, governance, Guy Montag, James Marriott, Jared Henderson, literacy, literacy rates, literature, memory, Newsweek, oral culture, post-literate culture, Ray Bradbury, screens, stories, storytelling, technology, Ted Gioia, television, UnHerd, visual media, Western canon, young people}

Thanks to Our Screens, Heading Toward a Post-Literate Culture?

_{Peter Biles
August 29, 2025

Arts, Linguistics, Sociology

5}

Whatever one’s opinions regarding solutions for declining literacy rates, people can always start to brew change in their own lives and communities. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 21, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Psychology
Sociology
Tagged
, anxiety, Augustine Brannigan, college students, crying, emotional depression, experimental design, Office of Naval Research, penologists, persistent scientific errors, Philip G. Zimbardo, prison breaks, prisoner abuse, prisoners, psychologists, public policy, rage, Retraction Crisis, Retraction Watch, San Quentin State Prison, self-correcting, social psychology, Stanford Prison Experiment, Stanford University, study design, Thibault Le Texier, University of Calgary}

Retract the Stanford Prison Experiment?

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 21, 2025

Bioethics, Psychology, Sociology

7}

Beware of wildly popular sociology that tells us that our public policy preferences are somehow embedded in human nature. Life was never as simple as that. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 26, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Tagged
, Alexa, Amazon, Baylor University, bias, co-founder, editing, encyclopedia, Google, Günter Bechly, ideology, inaccuracy, intelligent design, Jimmy Wales, Jo-Jo Eumerus, Larry Sanger, mental illness, neutrality, pseudonym, pseudoscience, science, Septimus Heap, State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, trolls, Vise, Walter Bradley, Wikipedia}

On ID, Myth Persists that Wikipedia Is Reliable, though Co-Founder Has Called It “Appallingly Biased”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 26, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology

9}

I was reminded of this by an exchange today on Twitter, or X, or however somebody “rebrands” it tomorrow. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Richard Weikart

Date
April 15, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Sociology
Tagged
, Big Government, blacks, causation, Charles Darwin, correlation, Darwinian racism, elitism, evolution, evolutionists, human evolution, intellectuals, racial inequality, Racism, scientific racism, white nationalists}

Does Disbelief in Human Evolution Foment Racism?

_{Richard Weikart
April 15, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution, Sociology

4}

This study does not provide an adequate explanation as to why belief in evolution would cause one to be less racist. Indeed, the logic seems backwards. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
William A. Dembski

Date
November 9, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Sociology
Tagged
, atheism, Christ, Christianity, Darwinian evolution, evolution, evolutionists, faith, Genesis, gnosticism, Houston, Islam, Nobel laureates, Science, Scripture, University of Toronto}

What Are Science and Faith — And Are They Compatible?

_{William A. Dembski
November 9, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science, Sociology

4}

Atheists might say that if Christian scientists understood the full implications of science, they would see that their Christian faith is unsustainable. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 7, 2021

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Sociology
Tagged
, BioLogos, Christianity, Darrel Falk, Darwinian evolution, Evangelical Christians, geography, intelligent design, Jim Stump, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution}

Return of the God Hypothesis — BioLogos Hosts Stephen Meyer for a Podcast Discussion

_{David Klinghoffer
May 7, 2021

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics, Sociology

3}

If you ever wanted to know what an ID proponent would say to a proponent of theistic evolution, if put in a room for an hour or more, now you can find out. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 24, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Sociology
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, evolution, groupthink, John West, Michael Behe, molecular machines, Science (journal), Star Trek, The Borg}

Behe’s New “Mousetrap” Book — The Fragility of Darwinism

_{David Klinghoffer
November 24, 2020

Biochemistry, Evolution, Sociology

3}

The idea of the book is not merely to dunk on the critics. Michael Behe, to be frank, doesn’t find of any their criticisms very meaningful. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Cameron Wybrow

Date
August 19, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Sociology
Tagged
, beauty, Bracton College, C.H. Waddington, C.S. Lewis, England, Gaius, Greek, humanity, Jane Studdock, Latin, literature, Macrobes, Mark Studdock, N.I.C.E., scientism, Tao, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The Conditioners, The Green Book, Titius, virtue}

The Education of Mark Studdock in That Hideous Strength

_{Cameron Wybrow
August 19, 2020

Bioethics, Ethics, Sociology

29}

Mark is lured away from his teaching position at Bracton College to become part of the massive research effort known as the N.I.C.E. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 7, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Psychology
Sociology
Tagged
, __k-review, borders, calculus, Congress, coronavirus, COVID-19, economics, elderly, epidemiology, euthanasia, experts, health, neurosurgeon, Politics, President, probabilities, public policy, scientists, social distancing, Thomas Aquinas, triage}

Balancing Lives, Economics, and Public Policy in This Plague

_{Michael Egnor
April 7, 2020

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine, Psychology, Sociology

7}

Our political policy makers (the President, Congress and the Senate, governors, etc.) should make their calculus transparent. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 30, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Sociology
Tagged
, __edited, Big Biotech, biotechnology, CRISPR, experts, genetic engineering, healthcare, Joseph Fletcher, Nature (journal), public policy, sanctity of life, University of Cambridge}

Nature Says Bioethics Is Obsolete

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 30, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine, Sociology

5}

In such a milieu in which there really is no “right” and “wrong,” who needs bioethicists? Read More ›