Tag: autonomy

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Date
June 4, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Engineering
Tagged
, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, autonomy, computer science, computer scientists, Discovery Institute, Donald C. Wunsch, engineering realism, engineers, hype, IEEE, information, intelligence, intelligent design, inventors, Mind Matters News, neurosurgeons, Robert J. Marks, society, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

A Dose of Engineering Realism Over AI Hype

_{Science & Culture
June 4, 2026

Computational Sciences, Engineering

2}

Dr. Donald C. Wunsch has spent decades working at the intersection of engineering, AI, and real-world systems. Read More ›

Carer in latex gloves feeding an aged lady

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 4, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, advance directive, autonomy, caregivers, chemotherapy, comfort feeding, death, dementia, Dementia-Specific Advance Directives, dignity, euthanasia, feeding tubes, food, kidney dialysis, medical treatments, New Jersey, nourishment, public policy, spoon-feeding, undernourishment, water}

Mission to Kill Dementia Patients Moves Forward

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 4, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

By all means, prohibit forced feeding, but also provide that patients be given all nourishment they want. Read More ›

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Author
Giuseppe Sermonti

Date
November 30, 2025

Categories
Biology
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, asymmetry, autonomy, biology, cell division, chromosomes, cytoplasm, eagle, ectoplasm, eggs, embryo, fertilization, Hans Driesch, icons, induction, morphogenesis, physicists, spatial organization, thread}

From an Eagle’s Egg, an Eagle, and Other Mysteries

_{Giuseppe Sermonti
November 30, 2025

Biology, Reproductive Science

9}

Pavel Florenskij, a Russian physicist and theologian (1882-1937), imagined a field on the surfaces of icons that portray sacred images. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 19, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, abortion, Associated Press, autonomy, Brave New World, Canada, depression, discrimination, euthanasia, homicide, human dignity, medicine, physician-assisted suicide, suffering}

“Thank You for Waiting. The Doctor Will Kill You Now…”

_{Michael Egnor
August 19, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine, Science

3}

Canada has some of the most permissive euthanasia laws in the world and allows people with disabilities to be killed on request. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 12, 2022

Categories
Ethics
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, abortion, American Medical Association, autonomy, Dobbs v. Jackson, doctor, execution, health care, homicide, killing, law, medicine, mother, patients}

Why Abortion Is Not Health Care

_{Michael Egnor
August 12, 2022

Ethics, Medicine, Science

3}

Consider that abortion is a procedure in which death is the outcome that defines success. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 19, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, autonomy, futile care, Texas}

Medical Authoritarianism Versus Baby Tinslee

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 19, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

6}

If it were up to the doctors, Tinslee Lewis would have been in her grave before age one. Read More ›

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Author
James A. Herrick

Date
August 21, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Technology
Tagged
, autonomy, biotechnology, C.S. Lewis, dystopia, Francis Galton, George Bernard Shaw, human nature, J.B.S. Haldane, Julian Savulescu, liberalism, Oxford University, pharmaceuticals, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, transhumanism}

The Abolition of Man and the Advent of the Posthuman

_{James A. Herrick
August 21, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Technology

9}

In Julian Savulescu’s view, rapidly advancing brain science will provide some of the data necessary to shaping a better human race. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 12, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfie Evans, authoritarianism, autonomy, Charlie Gard, doctors, futile care theory, hypocrisy, killing, medicine, Nazism, patients, technocracy, treatment, United Kingdom, utilitarianism}

Bioethicists to the People: “Obey Us!”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 12, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Udo Schuklenk is furious at the public backlash against the forced removal of life support from Alfie Evans in the U.K. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 5, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, addiction, artificial intelligence, autonomy, Baylor University, Discovery Institute, George Montañez, machines, media, Michael Egnor, Microsoft, Museum of Flight, privacy, Research, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Stephen Hawking, Stony Brook University, Texas A&M, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski}

New Discovery Institute Center to Explore Threat, Promise, Limits of AI; Seattle Launch on July 11

_{David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

3}

The Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence will focus on the profound concerns stirred by the mystery of minds. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 23, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithms, artificial intelligence, autonomy, Baylor University, cell phone, computers, Elon Musk, Google, ID the Future, intelligent design, Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics, materialism, matter, mind, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Stephen Hawking, warfare}

Terrified of a Robopocalypse? Don’t Be

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 23, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

4}

Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking are scared about AI and the prospect of a “Terminator” future. But the U.S. military isn’t. Read More ›