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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 24, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bleeding, blood-clotting cascade, Darwin's Black Box, death, fibrinogen, fish, irreducibly complex systems, mammals, Michael Behe, neo-Darwinian theory, pregnancy, purifying selection, Russell Doolittle, vertebrates}

Why the Blood Clotting Cascade Challenges Evolution

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 24, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The coagulation cascade cannot evolve unless there is simultaneously a mechanism in hand for controlling it. Both would have to arise at the same time. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 7, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, chemicals, death, Energy, Eric Anderson, evolution, Howard Glicksman, ID the Future, innovation, intelligent design, life, matter, podcast, Steve Laufmann, systems engineering, Your Designed Body}

Listen: The Innovative Cellular Engineering That Keeps Us Alive

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 7, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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When left to their own devices, the laws of nature tend toward death, not life. So what does it take for life to exist? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 24, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, assisted suicide, barbiturates, COVID-19, death, Death with Dignity, doctors, euthanasia, lethal injection, nurse practitioners, pandemic, patients, suicide, telemedicine, terminal illness}

Death Activists Oppose Limits on Virtual Access to Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 24, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Science

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What activists really seek is assisted suicide (and eventually, lethal-injection euthanasia) without meaningful restrictions. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
February 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, autopsy, brain, causation, death, extracellular matrix, Foresight (book), heart, innovation, intelligent design, Marcos Eberlin, medicine, Neo-Darwinism, New Scientist, Steve Laufmann, Your Designed Body}

Scientists Discover a “New” Fourth (Meningeal) Membrane Surrounding the Brain

_{Howard Glicksman
February 24, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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When it comes to causation, there are only two classes of causal forces; those are material causes and intelligent causes. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 2, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, chatbot, ChatGPT, computer program, computers, death, faith, software, transhumanism, transhumanists}

The Fantasy of Living Forever in a Computer

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 2, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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If eternal life is attainable, it will be found by working on one’s soul in faith, not by developing ever-more-advanced AI computers. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
January 27, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science
Technology
Tagged
, antibiotics, death, disabilities, disease, Futurism, immortality, injury, longevity, medicine, pagans, transcendence, transhumanists}

Dear Transhumanists: Do You Really Want to Live Forever?

_{Peter Biles
January 27, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Science, Technology

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A life of meaning is what we truly need, and perhaps what we most deeply desire. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 26, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, brain activity, brain scan, brain waves, Bruce Greyson, death, emotion, hearing, heart, memory, near-death experiences, vision}

Near-Death Research Slowly Fills in the Picture

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 26, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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When an 87-year-old man was having his brain scanned, he died — unexpectedly — of a heart attack. So, the scan recorded his unanticipated final brain activity. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 21, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Adam Frank, Bernardo Kastrup, Big Think, Bruce Greyson, Chronicle of Higher Education, Closer to Truth, consciousness, David Chalmers, death, hard problem of consciousness, life after death, moral choice, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Neuroscience News, npr, Scientific American, Standard Model}

Is Life After Death Incompatible with Physics?

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 21, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science, Scientific Reasoning

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In 2011, Sean Carroll wrote an essay on why — from a science perspective — our minds must be extinguished at death Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 11, 2022

Categories
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, abandonment, assisted suicide, Canada, COVID-19, Daily Mail, death, Death with Dignity, doctor, homelessness, lethal injection, lockdown, MAiD, media, medical assistance in dying, poverty, PTSD}

Bioethics: In Canada, Medically Assisted Death Is a Solution for Poverty

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 11, 2022

Medicine, Science

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In the U.S., too, many assisted suicides are facilitated by doctors who have not treated the patient. Read More ›

Close-up of male hands skillfully playing the piano, showcasing professional piano technique.

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
November 23, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Chemistry
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, architecture, blood, color, darkness, death, ears, equilibrium, evolution, eyes, heart, human body, information, intelligent design, life, light, lungs, medicine, oxygen, photons, physicians, piano, Richard Dawkins, running, Steve Laufmann, swimming, systems, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn}

“Poor Design”? Actually, the Human Body Is Amazing; Here’s Why

_{Howard Glicksman and Steve Laufmann
November 23, 2022

Anatomy, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics, Reproductive Science

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If someone suggests that a coherent, interdependent system of systems arose by chance, they’ll need to back that up with a detailed engineering analysis. Read More ›