Parliament-Ottawa Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 14, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Medicine Tagged , __k-review, News, world Canada’s Prescription for Getting Away with Murder Wesley J. Smith April 14, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Medicine 1 The Canadian government has proposed its new euthanasia bill -- and as expected, it will be the most radical in the world. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date April 14, 2016 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyScience ReportingSocial Sciences Tagged , __tedited, abortion, alt-right, anti-Zionism, bigotry, biodiversity, conservatives, diversity, eugenics, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary racism, National Review, pseudoscientific racism, Race Realism, Radix Journal, 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 ›
Type post Author Richard Weikart Date April 14, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , __k-review, history Why My Critics Care So Much About the Darwin-Hitler Connection Richard Weikart April 14, 2016 Bioethics, Evolution 1 Howls of indignation erupted from the Darwinian community after I published my earlier historical works. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date April 13, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, nature, News, world World Celebrates as Inky the Octopus, Escape Artist, Wins Permanent Liberty David Klinghoffer April 13, 2016 Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 We've noted in the past some of the evolutionary enigmas of these beautiful animals. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date April 13, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionIntelligent DesignPhysical Sciences Tagged , __k-review, News, science Every Really Interesting Science Story Is About Human Exceptionalism David Klinghoffer April 13, 2016 Bioethics, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences 1 Two headlines from one day's news -- about space exploration and biological evolution -- will illustrate. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date April 13, 2016 CategoriesEnvironment & ClimateEvolutionLegal Science (jurisprudence)Scientific Freedom Tagged , __k-review, Nation, News, science First They Came for the Climate Skeptics David Klinghoffer April 13, 2016 Environment & Climate, Evolution, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Scientific Freedom 1 ...and I did not speak out/Because I was not a climate skeptic. Read More ›
Type post Date April 13, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Nature, Research, Science Denton’s Challenge: Are Leaf Shapes Adaptive? Science and Culture April 13, 2016 Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 Evolutionary botanists try to give adaptive reasons for the wide variety of leaf shapes that Michael Denton argues challenge Darwinian functionalism. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date April 12, 2016 CategoriesChemistryFaith & ScienceLife SciencesOrigin of Life Tagged , __tedited, abiogenesis, chemical evolution, expertise, James Tour, Jeffrey Shallit, Larry Moran, origin of life, prayer, prebiotic chemistry From Atheist Jeffrey Shallit, a Telling Response on the Origin of Life David Klinghoffer April 12, 2016 Chemistry, Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Origin of Life 4 Shallit is a computer scientist at the University of Waterloo whom we've dealt with here on occasion before. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date April 12, 2016 CategoriesScientific FreedomSociology Tagged , __tedited, academic institutions, bullying, college campuses, creator, cultural appropriation, Eric Metaxas, falsehood, hoax, 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 5 In a BreakPoint commentary kindly citing Stephen Meyer and myself, Eric Metaxas reflects on the recent #Creatorgate story. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date April 12, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, analogy, argument from analogy, equivocation, evidence, failure, hypotheses, opinions, philosophy of science, scientific method, speculation, theory Evolution as a Failed “Map” David Klinghoffer April 12, 2016 Evolution, Scientific Reasoning 4 Casey Luskin has warned Darwin skeptics against using the line that airily dismisses evolution as "just a theory." Read More ›