Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
James A. Herrick

Date
August 25, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, C.S. Lewis, genetic engineering, George Bernard Shaw, history, J.B.S. Haldane, Silicon Valley, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, transhumanism}

C. S. Lewis and Critical Reactions to Transhumanism

_{James A. Herrick
August 25, 2020

Bioethics

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I will briefly review two prominent voices in the opposition camp who reflect concerns at the heart of C. S. Lewis’s own case. Read More ›

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Date
August 24, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, DNA, Eric Anderson, ID the Future, intelligent design, podcast, Rob Stadler}

The Stairway to Life Is Really a Cliff

_{Science & Culture
August 24, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Many of the “stairway steps” that have to be mounted for chemistry to become biology must, very inconveniently, happen all at once. Read More ›

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Author
James A. Herrick

Date
August 24, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Technology
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Internet, magic, mysticism, Nick Bostrom, noosphere, Ray Kurzweil, Science, Teilhard de Chardin, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The Singularity is Near, transhumanism, University of Oxford}

C. S. Lewis and Contemporary Transhumanism

_{James A. Herrick
August 24, 2020

Bioethics, Technology

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The vision of technologically enhanced posthumanity arises out of a synthesis of scientific culture’s most robust mythologies. Read More ›

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Author
James A. Herrick

Date
August 23, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Technology
Tagged
, Arthur C. Clarke, C.H. Waddington, C.S. Lewis, Darwinism, eugenics, evolution, Francis Galton, George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells, J.B.S. Haldane, science fiction, scientism, Tao, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man}

C. S. Lewis, Science, and Science Fiction

_{James A. Herrick
August 23, 2020

Bioethics, Technology

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Was C. S. Lewis an enemy of science? The apparent answer to this question is no. Read More ›

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Author
James A. Herrick

Date
August 22, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, biotechnology, C.S. Lewis, education, experimentation, human race, Nature, propaganda, Tao, That Hideous Strength, The Conditioners}

Why C. S. Lewis Wrote The Abolition of Man

_{James A. Herrick
August 22, 2020

Bioethics

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Lewis’s deep suspicion of modernist educational projects, subjectivism about morality, and progressive scientific planning animates these lectures. Read More ›

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Date
August 21, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, control systems, health, Howard Glicksman, human body, human life, hydration, ID the Future, medicine, physicians, podcast, Ray Bohlin, water}

Why Water Is Important for Human Life — A Doctor Explains

_{Science & Culture
August 21, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Medicine

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Biologist Ray Bohlin and physician Howard Glicksman discuss the body’s wondrous control systems for using water. Read More ›

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Author
James A. Herrick

Date
August 21, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Technology
Tagged
, autonomy, biotechnology, C.S. Lewis, dystopia, Francis Galton, George Bernard Shaw, human nature, J.B.S. Haldane, Julian Savulescu, liberalism, Oxford University, pharmaceuticals, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, transhumanism}

The Abolition of Man and the Advent of the Posthuman

_{James A. Herrick
August 21, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Technology

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In Julian Savulescu’s view, rapidly advancing brain science will provide some of the data necessary to shaping a better human race. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
August 20, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Discovery Institute, friendship, government, gratitude, leadership, policy, Politics, Steven Buri, U.S. Senate}

Remembering Senator Slade Gorton

_{Bruce Chapman
August 20, 2020

Bioethics, Science Reporting

1}

Some will submit that his kind are gone, but I know that they are still around, because he helped get them there. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 20, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, bureaucrats, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, cities, coronavirus, COVID-19, Discovery Institute, evolution, fake news, freedom, humanity, John West, masks, police, rabbis, scientism, scientocracy, skepticism, suicide, violence, Washington State}

“In Fauci We Trust”? C. S. Lewis Foresaw Scientific Authoritarianism

_{David Klinghoffer
August 20, 2020

Medicine

4}

Who would have predicted all that Americans have experienced in the past five months? Read More ›

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Author
Cameron Wybrow

Date
August 20, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, Aristotle, books, C.S. Lewis, college, education, educators, Homer, literature, Mark Studdock, poets, progressive, Saint Augustine, Socrates, Tao, That Hideous Strength, theologians, Western civilization}

Concluding Thoughts on That Hideous Strength

_{Cameron Wybrow
August 20, 2020

Bioethics

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What was possible for Mark Studdock — the realization that much of contemporary civilization is built on lies — is still possible for any thoughtful person. Read More ›