mushrooms Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date December 14, 2023 CategoriesBioethicsHuman ExceptionalismLife Sciences Tagged , chimpanzees, culture, David Barash, Denyse O'Leary, Disney, fiction, fungi, horror, human beings, humans, humanzee, lyrics, materialism, movies, Museum of Natural History, mushrooms, music, nihilism, Periodic Table, Pinocchio, Seattle, soul, stardust, stars, supernova, University of Washington, Victor Davis Hanson, young people Humans and Fungi: In Wish, Disney Goes to War on Human Exceptionalism David Klinghoffer December 14, 2023 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences 5 Dismantling the discontinuity of humans with nature is the goal of a cheery, innocent-sounding Disney song. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date October 31, 2018 CategoriesFaith & Science Tagged , __k-review, At the Mountains of Madness, atheism, Darwinism, Democritus, dinosaur, Epicurus, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, fiction, H.P. Lovecraft, Halloween, horror, Kenneth Miller, mollusk, octopuses, Simon Conway Morris, Ten Commandments, theistic evolution Halloween Offering: H.P. Lovecraft Versus Theistic Evolutionists David Klinghoffer October 31, 2018 Faith & Science 6 Play the videotape of evolutionary history back again and Ken Miller imagines you get a charming brainy creature for God to play with — something lovable and admirable. Read More ›
Frankenstein-1 Type post Author Richard Weikart Date January 30, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsLife Sciences Tagged , __k-review, biotechnology, cloning, creator, evil, Frankenstein, horror, Journal of Medical Ethics, Julian Savulescu, knowledge, love, Mary Shelley, Oxford University, science, scientists Frankenstein 200 Years Later: Have We Heeded the Warning? Richard Weikart January 30, 2018 Bioethics, Life Sciences 4 Shelley’s cautionary tale of a scientific experiment run amok has profound implications for today’s bioethics debates. Read More ›
H._P._Lovecraft,_June_1934 Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date October 31, 2017 CategoriesFaith & Science Tagged , __k-review, At the Mountains of Madness, atheism, Darwinism, Democritus, dinosaur, Epicurus, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, fiction, H.P. Lovecraft, horror, Kenneth Miller, mollusk, octopuses, Simon Conway Morris, Ten Commandments, theistic evolution H.P. Lovecraft Versus Theistic Evolutionists David Klinghoffer October 31, 2017 Faith & Science 6 My argument here is not with Kenneth Miller's science but with his imagination. Read More ›