Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date July 16, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, bioethics, consent, futile care, Health & Wellness, medical ethics, medical futility, patients American Medical Association Playing “Hide the Ball” with Futile Care Rule? Wesley J. Smith July 16, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 3 "Futile care" is ad hoc health care rationing. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date July 15, 2016 CategoriesFaith & Science Tagged , __tedited, Answers in Genesis, creationism, Undeniable (book), viewpoint diversity Helpful Survey of the Best ID Literature Illuminates Distortions of the Evolution Debate David Klinghoffer July 15, 2016 Faith & Science 4 The American Association for the Advancement of Science evidently thinks religious scholars can be bought off with luxuries. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 15, 2016 CategoriesLinguisticsNeuroscience & MindZoology Tagged , __tedited, abstract thought, animal intelligence, animal personhood, common sense, David Hume, human intelligence, Jeffrey Shallit, language, Nature David Hume Notwithstanding, Abstract Thought in Animals Is a Myth Michael Egnor July 15, 2016 Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology 6 Abstract thought in animals is a cultural myth at the heart of the Darwinian understanding of man. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date July 13, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence) Tagged , __edited, __tedited, anti-humanism, ecocide, environmentalism, medical ethics, natural resources, Politics, radicalism, The War on Humans Radical Greens Want to Criminalize Human Thriving Wesley J. Smith July 13, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence) 2 If you chuckle at this, you haven't been paying attention for the last fifty years. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date July 13, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __tedited, promotions, Undeniable (book), Universal Design Intuition Axe and Undeniable — What the Scientists Are Saying David Klinghoffer July 13, 2016 Evolution, Intelligent Design 2 "Molecular biologist Douglas Axe shows why you don't have to be an expert to trust your firm knowledge of the wonderful design of life." Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 12, 2016 CategoriesLinguisticsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract thought, animal languages, designators, ethology, human language, language, mimicry, semantic information, signal Do Animals Have Language? Michael Egnor July 12, 2016 Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind 7 Some animals, after sufficient training by human researchers, use signals that mimic language. But mimicry is not language itself. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date July 12, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, assisted dying, choices, freedom of conscience, Health & Wellness, Hippocratic Oath, self-starvation and dehydration, suicide Dutch MDs Help with Suicide by Starvation Wesley J. Smith July 12, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 5 Once the culture of death sinks its venomous teeth into a society, corruption follows upon corruption. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date July 12, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & ScienceIntelligent Design Tagged , __tedited, accessibility, common science, expertise, functional coherence, intellectual exploration, laymen, nature, random mutations, random processes, Undeniable (book), Universal Design Intuition In Undeniable, Douglas Axe Liberates Readers from the Tyranny of Evolution “Experts” David Klinghoffer July 12, 2016 Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design 6 It was with a familiar longing that I turned the last page of Dr. Axe's new book. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 11, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, brain processes, computation, computational processing, consciousness, intentionality, machine cognition, machine metaphor, meaninglessness, methodological materialism, mind-brain problem, self-awareness Your Deluded Brain Thinks It’s Conscious! Michael Egnor July 11, 2016 Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 6 Nonsense in neuroscience is a deep well. This is just in from Princeton's Michael Graziano. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 9, 2016 CategoriesPhilosophyScience Tagged , __edited, __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract reasoning, abstract thought, animal intelligence, animal languages, causality, human exceptionalism, human mind, human nature, language, logic, Nature Genetics, universals Is Your Cat Logical? Michael Egnor July 9, 2016 Philosophy, Science 6 Goodness gracious, this stuff never stops. Read More ›
