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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 18, 2020

Categories
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, animals, chihuahua, cows, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, devolution, eugenics, extrapolation, genes, horses, humans, Marshall McLuhan, Michael Behe, New York Times, pigs, Richard Dawkins, University College London}

If Human Eugenics Wouldn’t Work, Human Evolution Has a Big Problem

_{David Klinghoffer
February 18, 2020

Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Richard Dawkins got his wings clipped over the weekend, following a claim on Twitter. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
January 19, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
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, __edited, animals, anti-science, athens, C.S. Lewis, civil rights, Dallas, Darwinian evolution, eugenics, Herbert Spencer, Hiroshima, humans, intelligent design, James Jeans, Martin Luther King Jr., Nagasaki, scientific materialism, scientific racism, scientism, sermons, Strength to Love, Texas}

Martin Luther King’s Powerful Critique of Scientific Racism, Scientific Materialism

_{John G. West
January 19, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution

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Dr. King accepted the animal ancestry of humans as taught by Darwinian evolution, but he spoke forcefully against the idea that we are the products of a blind material process. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
December 10, 2019

Categories
Evolution
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, __edited, American Association for the Advancement of Science, August Weismann, dialogue, economics, eugenics, evolutionary biology, evolutionary theory, gender, humanities, natural selection, race, religion, San Diego, science, Science (journal), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, sexuality, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, Theodosius Dobzhansky, theologians, theology}

On Doing Science Versus Understanding Science

_{Robert Shedinger
December 10, 2019

Evolution

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Theodosius Dobzhansky and Ashley Montagu wrote in 1947, “Race differences arise chiefly because of the differential action of natural selection on geographically separate populations.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 9, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
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, __edited, atheism, Brights, cosmos, David Klinghoffer, eugenics, Gaia, human body, human life, human mind, Isaiah, John Milton, mankind, misanthropy, New Atheists, Paradise Lost, pride, Richard Dawkins, Sigmund Freud}

Milton and the Psychology of Materialism

_{Michael Egnor
July 9, 2019

Biochemistry, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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It is basically the denial of human exceptionalism. That is, it is hatred of man, in practically every way imaginable. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 30, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, __cedited, Aldous Huxley, babies, biotech, Brave New World, China, dehumanization, Dubai, embryos, eugenics, FDA, gametes, genetic engineering, germline, gestational carriers, He Jiankui, IVF, Politicians, procreation, regulation, Stanford University, William Hurlbut}

Don’t Let Profiteers Control Human Genetic Engineering

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 30, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World as a dire warning. But we aren’t paying heed. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 17, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __cedited, bioethics, biotechnology, CRISPR, eugenics, gene editing, genetics}

Germ-Line Gene Editing Will Never Be Safe

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 17, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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The brains of two babies who were germ-line gene edited using the CRISPR process — meaning the engineered genetic changes will flow down the generations. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 11, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __cedited, artificial intelligence, eugenics, evolution, fauna, gene editing, humanity, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, Kansas, love, natural selection, soul, transhumanism}

Transhumanism, the Lazy Way to Human “Improvement”

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 11, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Peter Clarke claims that I was “clearly fearmongering,” but then admits, “this depiction is fairly accurate.” Okay, then. Read More ›

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Date
February 17, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __image, Africa, apes, Bronx Zoo, Canada, Darwinian evolution, Detroit, eugenics, history, human dignity, Human Zoos, humans, John West, missing links, Monkey House, New York City, Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Ota Benga, Pamela Newkirk, scientific racism, scientists, Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga, United States}

YouTube Premiere of Award-Winning Film Exposes Human Zoos, Scientific Racism

_{Science & Culture
February 17, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution

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“Science is a wonderful thing, but human zoos, scientific racism, and eugenics were shocking betrayals of science.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 19, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, abstraction, Amsterdam, documentary, eugenics, Germany, Human Zoos, John West, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Day, Nazis, New York City, Ota Benga, scientific racism, Texas}

What Anne Frank and Ota Benga Have in Common

_{David Klinghoffer
January 19, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution

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Cruelty and injustice can seem an abstraction, committed against faceless people. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
January 4, 2019

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __cedited, atheism, E.O. Wilson, eugenics, Francis Collins, human experimentation, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Michael Ruse, Michael Shermer, morality, Racism, Scientific American, scientific revolution, The Death of Humanity, Thomas Jefferson, warfare}

Why Michael Shermer’s “Case for Scientific Humanism” Fails

_{Richard Weikart
January 4, 2019

Ethics, Faith & Science

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Shermer tries to rewrite history by insisting that science is built on atheistic assumptions. Read More ›