Moon Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 29, 2025 CategoriesAstronomyEthicsPlanetology Tagged , animals, astrobiology, comprehension, Convention on Biological Diversity, copper mining, COPUOS, COSPAR, Elon Musk, ethicists, geological features, indigenous people, International Court of Justice, Mars, moons, nature rights, planets, Science Direct, solar system, space exploration, space microbes, trees, waves Now, It’s Rights for Planets, Moons, and Space Microbes Wesley J. Smith September 29, 2025 Astronomy, Ethics, Planetology 3 The ultimate purpose in granting such rights would be to disincentivize investments in space exploration and keep us Gaia-bound. Read More ›
Early_human_embryos_(27872285595) Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 18, 2025 CategoriesBioethicsMedicineScience Reporting Tagged , assisted suicide, bioethics, Cell (journal), cells, embryo research, embryos, ethicists, fertilization, fetal farming, humans, New York Times, nonpersons, organ harvesting, patients, petri dish, redefinition, stem cells, zygote “Expedience Bioethics” Busts Moral Limits Wesley J. Smith April 18, 2025 Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting 3 When embryonic research first started, we were told that there would be a strict 14-day limit on researching embryos in petri dishes. Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date July 19, 2016 CategoriesPhilosophy of Science Tagged , __tedited, ethicists, eugenics, relativism, scientism, scientocracy, Social Darwinism Yes, There Can Be Science Without Scientism, and Without Relativism Sarah Chaffee July 19, 2016 Philosophy of Science 4 Can we reject the confines of pure materialism without rejecting the information-value of data? Read More ›