Valley_View_Yosemite_August_2013_002 Type post Author Andrew McDiarmid Date April 4, 2025 CategoriesBioethicsBotanyEnvironment & ClimateFaith & Science Tagged , American South, autobiography, Bible, California, clocks, health, inflammation, Journal of Experimental Psychology, motivation, naturalists, nature, pain, physiology, thinking Why John Muir Chose Nature Over Machines Andrew McDiarmid April 4, 2025 Bioethics, Botany, Environment & Climate, Faith & Science 8 The famous naturalist put human inventions aside to reap the benefits of nature. Read More ›
William Wilberforce Type post Author Robert F. Shedinger Date March 22, 2023 CategoriesBioethicsCultureEvolution Tagged , abolitionist movement, Adrian Desmond, American Revolution, American South, anti-racism, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Darwinian evolution, Harriet Martineau, historiography, James Moore, Journal of Researches, racists, Sacred Cause (series), scholarship, science fiction, slavery, University of Chicago Press A Failed Attempt to Turn Darwin into Wilberforce Robert Shedinger March 22, 2023 Bioethics, Culture, Evolution 7 Nice try, Desmond and Moore. But criticizing Darwinian evolution does not make one a racist. The real Darwin is a far more ambiguous and conflicted figure. Read More ›
South Type post Author Robert F. Shedinger Date September 28, 2022 CategoriesBioethicsCulture Tagged , American South, ants, Charles Darwin, Civil War, Connecticut, Ernst Haeckel, eugenics, evolution, Francis Galton, On the Origin of Species, race, Racism, scientific racism, slavery, Victorian England Origin of Species — A Safe Book in the South? Robert Shedinger September 28, 2022 Bioethics, Culture 2 We can assume that this writer would have been a Connecticut Yankee, a strong opponent of the South and slavery. Read More ›
Human-Zoos 2 Type post Date June 19, 2020 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , American South, Canada, Center for Science and Culture, Confederacy, history, Human Zoos, Intelligent Design YouTube Festival, John West, Oregon Documentary Film Festival, pseudoscience, scientific racism, slavery, slaves, South Africa, United States, YouTube videos For Juneteenth, Watch Human Zoos Science and Culture June 19, 2020 Bioethics, Evolution 2 Today is Juneteenth, celebrating the freedom of American slaves. In recognition of the anniversary, here is our video #4, “Human Zoos.” Read More ›
DSC_2563Athens2019-4 Type post Author John G. West Date February 18, 2019 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __k-review, African Americans, American South, athens, Canada, Chicago, Detroit, history, Human Zoos, Illinois, Martin Luther King Day, Racism, Rome, scientific racism, Seattle, Texas, whites, youtube Seeking Racial Reconciliation in the Heart of Texas at a Screening of Human Zoos John G. West February 18, 2019 Bioethics 4 I love taking part in post-screening discussions of my films because I get to hear and learn from perspectives different from my own. Read More ›