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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 18, 2020

Categories
Biology
Medicine
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, __edited, atheism, binary, chromosomes, conception, Darwinists, eyes, female, gender, human life, ideology, intelligent design, intersex people, kidneys, legs, linguists, lungs, male, materialism, Pharyngula, PZ Myers, sexual organs}

Help a Darwinist Tell Boys from Girls

_{Michael Egnor
February 18, 2020

Biology, Medicine

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Thanks to Professor P.Z. Myers, here’s a glimpse into the ideological corruption of modern biology. Read More ›

Portrait of a cheerful young couple standing together

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 18, 2020

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), binary, biological sexes, conception, Darwinian theory, gender, global warming, human life, Jeffrey Epstein, National Academy of Sciences, Nature (journal), New York Times, opinion, Scientific American, scientific journals, scientists, sex, Wall Street Journal}

Is Sex Binary?

_{Michael Egnor
February 18, 2020

Biology, Medicine

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The denial by mainstream scientists that sex is binary is of the same cloth as the denial that human life starts at conception and the denial that intelligent design is evident in living things. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 6, 2019

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, abortion, baby, children, conception, death, doctor, fertilization, fetus, gravity, heliocentrism, human beings, human development, human life, humanity, ideology, junk science, laymen, medical profession, right to life, Twitter}

Dr. Gunter’s Junk Science on Abortion

_{Michael Egnor
December 6, 2019

Biology, Medicine

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An embryo is fully human, as is a fetus, a newborn, a toddler, a child, a teen, a mature adult and an elderly adult. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
October 30, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, A Biologist’s View, Alexander Tsiaras, Artificial Selection, birth, conception, development, duplication errors, evolution, foresight, geneticists, genotype, Giuseppe Sermonti, growth, In the Beginning, intelligent design, Jean Rostand, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, natural selection, Oxford University, phenotype, Yale University}

The “Three Cardinal Problems of Biology”

_{Granville Sewell
October 30, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Origin of Life

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We still are not close to designing any self-replicating machine. That is still pure science fiction. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
April 29, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, 3D printing, Alexander Tsiaras, birth, clocks, computer programs, conception, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, duplication errors, engineers, humans, Irreducible Complexity, machines, Michael Behe, natural selection, René Descartes, science fiction, Second Law of Thermodynamics, self-replicators, Wikipedia}

In Search of Self-Replicating Clocks

_{Granville Sewell
April 29, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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That Darwinism seems even superficially plausible depends completely on the ability of living things to reproduce themselves without significant degradation. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 2, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, baby, birth, conception, culture, culture of death, darkness, doctors, infanticide, Nebraska, newborns, patients, right to life, U.S. Senate, woman}

Darkness Rising: As It Turns Out, Not All Newborns Have a Right to Life

_{Michael Egnor
March 2, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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The culture of death — the dehumanization of the vulnerable and the unwanted — is fast upon us. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
December 11, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Alexander Tsiaras, artificial intelligence, birth, computers, conception, Darwinism, degradation, errors, evolution, intelligent design, life, reductio ad absurdum, robot, scientists, Stephen Hawking, TED talk}

Robot World Domination? Darwinism as Reductio ad Absurdum

_{Granville Sewell
December 11, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science, Technology

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"If people design computer viruses, someone will design AI that improves and replicates itself. This will be a new form of life which outperforms humans," warns Stephen Hawking. Read More ›

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Date
November 23, 2011

Categories
Ethics
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, Alexander Tsiaras, birth, conception, free will, neuroscience, Phillip E. Johnson}

Darwin on Trial: The Implications for Neuroscience and Ethics

_{Science and Culture
November 23, 2011

Ethics, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Neuroscientist Patricia Churchland cites Prairie Voles to illustrate how chemical processes inform morality. Prairie Voles with a greater number of oxytocin receptors were monogamous while those with fewer such receptors were not. Read More ›

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Date
November 22, 2011

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, __video-unavailable, Alexander Tsiaras, birth, butterflies, butterfly wings, conception, intelligent design, metamorphosis}

From Conception to Birth: The Math and the Marvel

_{Science and Culture
November 22, 2011

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

1}

Mathematician and medical image maker Alexander Tsiaras offers a stunning visualization. Read More ›

Successful result of artificial insemination of a woman. Miracle of Modern Medicine: IVF. Little human baby inside mother womb. Small embryo in uterus.

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 27, 2010

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, __nedited, abortion, assisted suicide, chemotherapy, conception, double-effect, embryo, euthanasia, fertilization, human life, in vitro fertilization, medical ethics, miscarriages, moral reasoning}

In Which I Answer Tantalus Prime’s Queries About Abortion

_{Michael Egnor
December 27, 2010

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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Tantalus Prime is a graduate student in neuroscience. He’s been following my debate about abortion with Joshua Rosenau of the NCSE. He asks some questions about my views on the right to life that are worth answering. Tantulus: Egnor asserts that humanity is a discrete, not a continuous variable. If so, then would he kindly point to the exact point at which the human begins? After all, fertilization itself is a multi-step process. So, where is it? When the sperm breaches the oocyte membrane? Formation of the pro-nuclei? Initial DNA replication? Degeneration of the pro-nuclei membrane? Formation of the mitotic spindle? Fusion of the chromosomes? Division of the chromosomes and formation of the first daughter cells? This really should be Read More ›