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Canadian Bill to Allow Euthanasia of Dementia Patients

If the patient resists, the killing is not supposed to take place. Right. As though the person would know what was happening. Read More ›
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When Medical Science Becomes Heartless: The Case of Joshua Smith

This might be a good time to take stock of those you rely on for your medical care. How much do you know about your doctors? Read More ›
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“Ultracrepidarianism” — A Helpful New Word for a Problem in Science and Elsewhere

It alludes to an adage with roots in ancient Greece, “Let the cobbler not judge above the sandal.” That is, mind your own business. Read More ›
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Bioethicist: Let Doctors Kill the Healthy by Harvesting Organs

At first, this proposed killing license was supposed to be limited to patients on the verge of death or the permanently unconscious. Read More ›
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Photo: Dr. Josef Mengele (center) at Auschwitz, by Bernhard Walther or Ernst Hofmann or Karl-Friedrich Höcker, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Following the Science, Doctors Joined the Nazis “In Droves”

There is a tendency to sanctify the medical profession, with the white coat serving as an icon of wisdom, compassion, and morality. Read More ›
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Join Us to Discuss Biology and Engineering, June 3-5, in Denton, TX

The theory of intelligent design understands living systems to be engineered systems. Read More ›
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Now Another State Wants Non–Physician-Assisted Suicide

Hot on the heels of Washington State, it’s Hawaii. A bill has been filed to allow nurse practitioners to lethally prescribe. Read More ›
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Preview: James Tour, Brian Miller on the Origin of “Data Risk Management” in DNA

If computer scientists build systems like that, and life at the DNA level also incorporates them, for the very same reasons, that’s rather suggestive. Read More ›
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Darwinism Would Fare Poorly Against Pandemics

When combatting disease-causing pathogens, we don’t use the idea that Darwinian evolution is of unlimited creativity. Just the opposite! Read More ›

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