Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 28, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, age restriction, competency, culture of death, decision-making, depression, disabled, doctors, euthanasia, Groningen protocol, Health & Wellness, infanticide, killing, legalization, mental illness, neonate, Netherlands, parental consent, protective guidelines, responsibilities, rights, suffering, terminal illness, trust The Culture of Death Is Like the Universe Wesley J. Smith April 28, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 3 Once set in motion, it never stops expanding. Thus we now see the push in the Netherlands to euthanize children. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date April 28, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionZoology Tagged , __tedited, Africa, biodiversity, biogeography, biological origins, capuchin monkeys, circular causality, evolutionary assumptions, foxes, human agents, land mammals, monkeys, navigation, ocean, plausibility, rafting, rafting animals, scientific reasoning, Sherlock Holmes, South America, vegetation The Curious Incident of the Non-Rafting Foxes David Klinghoffer April 28, 2016 Evolution, Zoology 8 It should be the facts that drive startling conclusions, not the theory that's supposed to explain the facts. Read More ›
Type post Date April 28, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Nature, Research, Science Bats as Fighter Pilots Science and Culture April 28, 2016 Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 If these flying mammals were as big as F-22's, we wouldn't stand a chance in a dogfight. Read More ›
Type post Date April 27, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Research, Science The Evolution of Multicellularity, Explained? Not So Fast Science and Culture April 27, 2016 Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 This from researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand sounds promising. Read More ›
Type post Date April 27, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignPaleontology Tagged , __tedited, Casey Luskin, dentists, Don McLeroy, experts, fossil record, Jerry Coyne, kinds, land mammals, macroevolution, mammals, microevolution, morphological change, pentadactyl design, placental mammals, Richard Sternberg, terrestrial animals, waiting-time problem, whale evolution On Whale Origins, Evolutionary Biologist Goes After Dentist While Hiding Behind Family Doctor Science and Culture April 27, 2016 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology 4 Why not grapple with a fellow evolutionary biologist, like Richard Sternberg? Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date April 27, 2016 CategoriesIntelligent DesignPhilosophy of ScienceScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, Alvin Plantinga, animals, biases, C. S. Lewis, cherry-picking fallacy, circular reasoning, education, human capacities, human condition, human nature, inference, John West, lawyers, methodology, Nancy Pearcey, naturalism, nonsense, objectivity, people, psychology, reasoning, scientific advance, scientific method, technological advancement, trust in scientists Lawyer, Scientist, or Animal? Choosing Between Evolution and Human Reason Sarah Chaffee April 27, 2016 Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning 4 Darwinism undercuts human reason. That's bad news for science. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Denton Date April 27, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Research, Science Gegenbaur Revisited: Assessing the “Limbs from Gills” Scenario Michael Denton April 27, 2016 Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 New research seems to supports a notion first proposed more than a century ago by a great German morphologist. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 26, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsSociologyTechnology Tagged , __tedited, anarchy, anti-human, anti-human exceptionalism, anti-humanism, biology, biotechnology, brain implant, change, conservatism, CRISPR, cybernetics, cyborgs, disguised religion, divine, equality, fascism, Futurism, gene editing, gods, human dignity, human evolution, Internet, microchips, modern times, nuclear weapons, radicalism, robotics, scientism, sexual ethics, 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 David Klinghoffer Date April 26, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesIntelligent DesignScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, agency, alien enlightenment, alien intelligence, argument, causality, creationism, human exceptionalism, human intelligence, inference to the best explanation, intelligence, intelligent design, misrepresentation, Neil deGrasse Tyson, probabilities, PZ Myers, scientific reasoning, simulation theory, testability Neil deGrasse Tyson Says Chances of Intelligently Designed Universe “May Be Very High” David Klinghoffer April 26, 2016 Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning 4 But of course he was referring to the odds that the universe is an artificial computer simulation by advanced aliens. Read More ›
Type post Date April 26, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Metamorphosis, Nature, News, Science The Cicada Challenge to Darwinian Evolution Science and Culture April 26, 2016 Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 Emerging by the billions next month, this year's 17-year cicada brood offers ways to contrast evolutionary and design theories. Read More ›
