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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
December 24, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, alcohol, artificial intelligence, COVID-19, Francis Collins, John West, morality, public health, Robert J. Marks II, safety, sentience}

What If? The Threat of Sentient AGI

_{Eric Hedin
December 24, 2024

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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John West brings a word of caution to public health policies espoused by Francis Collins. Collins succinctly illustrates an example of unbalanced morality. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
December 4, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, antibiotics, bacterial flagellum, Ben Carson, Bible, Bill Nye, blood-clotting cascade, Charles Darwin, creationists, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, evolution, Francis Collins, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan Wells, Lawrence Krauss, Luther College, medicine, Michael Behe, On the Origin of Species, pharmaceuticals, science writers, Vaccines, virology}

Shawn Otto and the “War on Science”

_{Robert Shedinger
December 4, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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If evolutionary theory is so fundamental to medical research, why has no evolutionary biologist ever won a Noble Prize in physiology or medicine? Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
November 25, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, catastrophism, Christians, climate change, denial, earth, Europe, Francis Collins, guilt by association, human flourishing, NASA, temperature, The Road to Wisdom}

Francis Collins Employs Climate Change as a Cudgel

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
November 25, 2024

Environment & Climate, Physical Sciences, Technology

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Collins identifies as a Christian, but he seems to have missed a glaring instance of design in the Earth system. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 18, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Biden Administration, Covid vaccines, COVID-19, Francis Collins, John West, junk DNA, lockdowns, masks, National Institutes of Health, Politics, schools, skeptics, The Federalist, The Road to Wisdom, Vaccines, wisdom}

Francis Collins’s “Road to Folly”

_{David Klinghoffer
November 18, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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How does someone as inept as Francis Collins (and I’m being charitable) have the gall to tell anyone else how to become wise? Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
November 18, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, COVID-19, creator, Darwin Devolves, Evangelical Christians, evolution, faith and science, Francis Collins, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Joe Biden, junk DNA, Michael Behe, National Institutes of Health, natural, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, supernatural, The Language of God, The Road to Wisdom, unintelligent processes}

Francis Collins Renews Attack on Michael Behe and Intelligent Design

_{John G. West
November 18, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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It isn’t intelligent design that “has fallen victim to advances in science.” It’s Darwin’s outdated theory. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 19, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, AIDS, Anthony Fauci, CDC, City Journal, COVID-19, diseases, FDA, Francis Collins, James B. Meigs, Jay Bhattacharya, journalists, lawmakers, power, public policy, scientists, vaccine mandates}

What Turned an Esteemed Doctor into a Scheming Authoritarian?

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 19, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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Fauci damaged his own reputation by trashing sound scientists, denouncing inconvenient evidence, and even going so far as to say “I represent science.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 23, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, COVID-19, Francis Collins, Great Barrington Declaration, Human Genome Project, Jay Bhattacharya, lockdowns, Martin Kulldorff, media, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, National Review, pandemic, Sunetra Gupta, vaccination}

How the Public Health Establishment Squandered Our Trust

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 23, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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The Covid pandemic was devastating, not only for society generally, but also to the reputations of our once-trusted health agencies. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 6, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, "Science Says", C.S. Lewis, COVID-19, dialogue, elitism, Eric Metaxas, Francis Collins, free speech, intelligent design, lockdowns, propaganda, science fiction, scientism, Seattle, Sigmund Freud, Socrates in the City, That Hideous Strength, The Magician's Twin, totalitarianism}

C. S. Lewis on the Unique Gullibility of the Elites, and More: John West in Conversation with Eric Metaxas

_{David Klinghoffer
May 6, 2024

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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A theme in the interview is the dubious role of elites, who stand out for their readiness to surrender their critical faculties when Science Says to do so. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
April 10, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biogeography, complementarity, Douglas Futuyma, dysteleology, embryology, evolution, Evolution News, faith and science, Francis Collins, Francisco Ayala, George Williams, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, marsupials, methodological naturalism, Niles Eldredge, NOMA, paleontology, Panda's Thumb, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould, suboptimality, textbooks, theistic evolution, Theodosius Dobzhansky, theology}

Does the Panda Argument Hurt the Case for Evolution?

_{Stephen Dilley
April 10, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Gould cannot have it both ways: either theology-laden arguments are legitimate within scientific discourse or not. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 22, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, “consensus science”, adult stem cells, anti-science, appendix, COVID-19, Darwinian evolution, embryonic stem cells, epidemiologists, FDA, Francis Collins, free speech, gender affirmation, George W. Bush, Great Barrington Declaration, gut bacteria, Jay Bhattacharya, knowledge, lockdowns, medicine, National Institutes of Health, pandemic, Royal Society, science, Scientific American, settled science, Stanford University, vestigial structures}

Stifling Opposition Is the Real “Anti-Science”

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 22, 2024

Evolution, Medicine, Scientific Freedom

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In the Great Barrington Declaration, three noted epidemiologists questioned the wisdom of societal shutdowns and keeping children out of school. Read More ›