Main_Reading_Room._Portrait_statue_of_Gibbon_along_the_balustrade._Library_of_Congress_Thomas_Jefferson_Building,_Washington,_D.C._LCCN2011648109.tif Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date April 4, 2025 CategoriesBioethicsHuman ExceptionalismNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , Albert Einstein, anti-human exceptionalism, artificial general intelligence, children, Christianity, computers, Denisovans, Henry Gee, Homo floresiensis, Homo luzonensis, human exceptionalism, human extinction, humans, natural selection, Neanderthals, Science (journal) Decline and Fall: A Vision of a Human-Free Planet Denyse O’Leary April 4, 2025 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind 6 As the author of the review, Adrian Woolfson, says, the coming human eclipse originated in a sin against Darwinism. Read More ›
cow Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date October 22, 2023 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , animal rights, animal welfare, animals, anti-human exceptionalism, breasts, confusion, elections, England, gender dysphoria, gender-affirming care, journals, monkeys, Oxford University Press, parrots, puberty blocking, rabbits, radicalism, voting Animal-Rights Philosopher, Published by Oxford University Press: “Let Animals Vote!” Wesley J. Smith October 22, 2023 Bioethics, Evolution 5 If you want to see what is going so badly wrong in society, read the professional and intellectual journals. Read More ›
Man playing chess with monkey Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date May 24, 2022 CategoriesBioethicsEthicsEvolutionHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , abortion, animals, anti-human exceptionalism, communication, culture, dog, emotion, environmentalism, euthanasia, horse, human rights, humans, memory, New York University, self-awareness Professor: We Shouldn’t Necessarily Value Humans Over Other Animals Denyse O’Leary May 24, 2022 Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism 4 NYU environmentalism prof Jeff Sebo argues that humans are not always rational and that some animals display mental qualities so we aren’t exceptional. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 9, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , __tedited, animal rights, animal welfare, anti-human, anti-human exceptionalism, domestication, ownership, PETA, property, slavery Animal Rights Means No Dogs or Cats Wesley J. Smith September 9, 2016 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism 4 Most AR activists, like PETA's zealots, don't state the pet part boldly. The one exception to that general rule is Gary Francione. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date May 19, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsNeuroscience & MindZoology Tagged , __tedited, animal behavior, anti-human exceptionalism, chimpanzees, human exceptionalism, music Chimps “Grieve” for a Lost Loved One, Just Like People? David Klinghoffer May 19, 2016 Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology 3 As an experiment, try this. First, watch the BBC video as it's presented. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 16, 2016 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __tedited, animal personhood, animal rights, anti-human exceptionalism, bioethics, consciousness, feelings, fish, pets Now They Say We Shouldn’t Eat Fish! Wesley J. Smith May 16, 2016 Bioethics 3 Right, leave all that nutritious food for the seals, sharks, and barracudas. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 26, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsSociologyTechnology Tagged , __tedited, anti-human, anti-human exceptionalism, anti-humanism, biology, biotechnology, brain implant, change, conservatism, CRISPR, disguised religion, equality, Futurism, gene editing, gods, human dignity, human evolution, Internet, microchips, nuclear weapons, radicalism, robotics, scientism, 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 Brendan Dixon Date April 21, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesIntelligent Design Tagged , __tedited, AI, anti-human exceptionalism, computer simulations, deep learning, Elon Musk, Futurism, Go (game), heuristic, human intelligence, Internet, machine learning, Michio Kaku, Neural Networks, self-awareness, sentience, Stephen Hawking, superintelligence How Likely Is a "Terminator" Future? Brendan Dixon April 21, 2016 Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design 6 Celebrity scientist Michio Kaku is the latest to throw his support behind the "Terminator is coming" mantra. Read More ›
