Tag: gene editing

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 9, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Paleontology
Science Reporting
Technology
Tagged
, base pairs, biotech, Canis lupus, clicks, Colossal Biosciences, de-extinction, dire wolves, DNA editing, elephant, fur, gene editing, gray wolves, headlines, media, New Scientist, puffery, Rolling Stone, woolly mammoth}

Dire Wolves Are Still Extinct

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 9, 2025

Archaeology, Paleontology, Science Reporting, Technology

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Let’s call it puffery. The company was careful to acknowledge that the dire wolf is not actually back but that the pups are “functional equivalents.” Read More ›

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Author
Rob Sheldon

Date
September 1, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artificial wombs, biological information, Charles Darwin, elephant, embryos, Financial Times, gene editing, George Church, ghost lineages, horizontal gene transfer, intelligent design, Pleistocene Park, Sergey Zimov, Siberia, Texas, viruses, woolly mammoth}

What “Resurrecting” the Woolly Mammoth Would Mean for Darwinism

_{Rob Sheldon
September 1, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Intelligent design would become the most likely hypothesis to abductively explain the data of life's history. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 27, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, algorithms, Big Tech, boredom, Brave New World, computer games, Davos, drugs, eugenics, gene editing, machines, nihilism, technocrats, transhumanism, universities, vehicles, Yuval Harari}

Transhumanism Is Pure Eugenics

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 27, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution

3}

Israeli philosophy professor Yuval Harari is one of the movement’s chief proselytizers. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
December 25, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cas9, Casey Luskin, coordination, CRISPR, Darwinian evolution, ENCODE, Encyclopedia of DNA Elements, Feng Zhang, Ferrari, Francis Collins, gene editing, genetic defects, genetic enhancements, George Church, germ line, humans, Huntington’s disease, incrementalism, intelligence, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jennifer Doudna, John Bodnar, John West, Journal of Theoretical Biology, junk DNA, Michael Behe, natural history, natural selection, predictions, Richard Dawkins, sickle cell disease, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Language of God}

Merry Christmas! #8 Story of 2021: An ID Prediction for CRISPR Gene Editing

_{William A. Dembski
December 25, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

12}

From an design perspective, there is no compelling reason to think that CRISPR gene editing will constitute an enhancement tool for building superior humans. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 28, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, Cas9, Casey Luskin, coordination, CRISPR, Darwinian evolution, ENCODE, Encyclopedia of DNA Elements, Feng Zhang, Ferrari, Francis Collins, gene editing, genetic defects, genetic enhancements, George Church, germ line, humans, Huntington’s disease, incrementalism, intelligence, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jennifer Doudna, John Bodnar, John West, Journal of Theoretical Biology, junk DNA, Michael Behe, natural history, natural selection, predictions, Richard Dawkins, sickle cell disease, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Language of God}

An ID Prediction for CRISPR Gene Editing

_{William A. Dembski
July 28, 2021

Intelligent Design, Medicine

12}

From an design perspective, there is no compelling reason to think that CRISPR gene editing will constitute an enhancement tool for building superior humans. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 17, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", basketball, bioengineering, diseases, Emily Reeves, engineers, Erika DeBenedictis, evolution, gene editing, genome, intelligent design, materialism, MIT, TEDx talk}

Exploring a TEDx Talk that Argues Biology Is “Imperfect” with “Gigantic Mistakes”

_{Casey Luskin
June 17, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Proponents of intelligent design would agree that biology is imperfect and biomedicine should be encouraged to cure diseases and fix problems. Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
June 9, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, ARF, China, Emily Reeves, Erika DeBenedictis, Evolution News, Forbes, gene editing, genome, He Jiankui, HIV, Hong Kong, INK4a, intelligent design, Jordan Peterson, Marxists, Nature (journal), scientists, TEDx talk, twins, U.S. Senate, Wesley Smith}

Erika DeBenedictis and the Cost of Playing God

_{Elizabeth Whately
June 9, 2021

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Medicine

7}

I won’t recap the splendid work Emily Reeves has already done here in dissecting the TEDx talk from a scientific angle. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 11, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, cyborgs, eugenics, evolution, fauna, gene editing, humanity, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, Kansas, love, natural selection, soul, transhumanism, Transhumanist Bill of Rights}

Transhumanism, the Lazy Way to Human “Improvement”

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 11, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

4}

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

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 29, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Brave New World, China, Falun Gong, gene editing, genetic engineering, Harvard Medical School, He Jiankui, Hong Kong, Nobel Prize, Rod Dreher, Science (journal), scientists}

China Turns Against “Rogue” Gene Engineer

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 29, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

3}

Engaging in biotechnological and other medical research in China can free one from normal ethical concerns. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 27, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Engineering
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, babies, CRISPR, embryo, FDA, gene editing, genes, genetic engineering, genome, He Jiankui, HIV, human life, illness, MIT Technology Review, protocols, sperm, United States, uterus}

Genetically Engineered Babies Are Born: Life as Potter’s Clay

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 27, 2018

Bioethics, Engineering, Medicine

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The birth of gene-edited children — which I discussed here just yesterday — has been confirmed. Read More ›