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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 19, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, California, Canada, death, doctors, dying, MAiD, medical ethics, oncology, patients}

MDs Support Expanding Assisted Suicide Beyond the Terminally Ill

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 19, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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The myth that legal assisted suicide is about terminal illness is becoming harder to swallow. Evidence can be found in a recent survey. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
July 3, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, Asa Gray, Bible, California, Charles Darwin, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, Genesis, Hamlet, Hebrew Bible, Higher Criticism, James Moore, Journal of Researches, miracles, Mircea Eliade, On the Origin of Species, poetry, Pyrrho, Robert Fitzroy, secularism, St. Paul, William Paley}

With “Fluctuating” Convictions, Darwin Faced a Threefold Challenge

_{Neil Thomas
July 3, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science, History of Science

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In what follows I pose the question of how Darwin fell subject to such wide “fluctuations” in his beliefs and how he came to resolve those tensions. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 3, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, California, Cambridge University Press, conservation, design filter, endangered species, Kenneth Miller, nature, Nature (journal), scientific materialism, self-censorship, specification, The Design Inference, wildfires, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

“Move Along, Nothing to See Here”: What Happens When You Challenge a Dominant Narrative

_{Jonathan Witt
June 3, 2024

Environment & Climate, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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William Dembski no longer has to be coy about the challenge his design filter poses for modern evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
February 1, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alan Turing, An Idol for Destruction (series), artificial general intelligence, Bertrand Russell, California, Christianity, computational power, elementary particles, eternity, humans, Nick Bostrom, Ray Kurzweil, The Design Inference, theology}

Artificial General Intelligence: Digital vs. Traditional Immortality

_{William A. Dembski
February 1, 2024

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Gregory of Nyssa taught that eternity for humanity is an unending progression in the knowledge of God. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 4, 2024

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood clotting, California, Darwinism, devolution, Douglas Axe, error correction, evolutionary biologists, fitness landscape, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, metaphors, Michael Behe, mount improbable, mousetrap, Paris, phenotypes, PNAS, Richard Dawkins, savannah}

Trapdoors in the Fitness Landscape: Scientists Revive Worries About an Evolutionary Metaphor

_{David Coppedge
January 4, 2024

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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What if the structure of the landscape is like a block of Swiss cheese, flat and riddled with holes? Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 3, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, California, information, initial conditions, intelligent design, laws of nature, molecular biology, molecules, preconditions, Religions (journal), Return of the God Hypothesis, Rope Kojonen, Stephen Meyer, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), University of Southern California}

Could Finely Tuned Initial Conditions Create Biological Organisms?

_{Emily Reeves
January 3, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Theologian Rope Kojonen, in an attempt to wed design and evolution, allows for this interpretation in his recent book. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bioRxiv, California, convergent evolution, Current Biology, epigenetics, evolution, genes, Himalayas, Homo sapiens, intelligent design, Mars, mice}

Intelligent Design at High Altitudes

_{David Coppedge
October 30, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Surprised at the ability of mammals to thrive at high altitudes, some evolutionists are looking to Darwinian theory for answers. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 18, 2023

Categories
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Education
Tagged
, algebra, algorithms, ancient Greeks, California, Colin Wright, education, Jerry Coyne, literacy, private truth, Pythagorean Theorem, Richard Dawkins, social justice, whiteness, zero}

What Deep Social Change Underlies the War on Math?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 18, 2023

Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Education

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The universal language of science is sinking under the weight of claims about trauma and privilege. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 15, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, California, children, Finland, Florida, France, gender-affirming care, hormones, ideology, National Health Service, Norway, policymakers, puberty, puberty blocking, Sweden, Tennessee}

England’s National Health Service Bans Most Puberty-Blocking

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 15, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

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The science is not settled. The time is long past for the woke media and medical associations to recognize this fact. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 29, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, advance directive, California, Canada, Colorado, compassion, Connecticut, dehydration, disabilities, euthanasia, Hawaii, heart, human life, kidneys, liver, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, mental illness, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, new york, nihilism, Oregon, organ transplant, Terri Schiavo, Vermont, VSED}

A Culture-of-Death Tipping Point

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 29, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Science

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A legal battle raged for several years during which the country agonized and argued about the right and moral course. Read More ›