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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 20, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __cedited, animals, anthropology, flies, grizzly bear, human beings, locomotion, Montana, natural selection, oysters, plankton, sunlight}

No, We Are Not “Beasts”

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 20, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Maxim Loskutoff recounts the time he and his girlfriend were threatened by a grizzly bear while hiking in Montana. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 27, 2018

Categories
Environment & Climate
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
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, __cedited, __image, "poor design", climate change, Harvard University, heat, horses, human beings, intelligent design, mammals, Michael Denton, Privileged Species, Seattle, temperature, University of Utah, University of Washington, water}

Beating the Summer Heat — Thanks to Human Exceptionalism

_{David Klinghoffer
July 27, 2018

Environment & Climate, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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It’s hot out. Be glad that you’re a human being, and not some other kind of mammal. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 25, 2018

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
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, __cedited, computers, Discovery Institute, education, farming, good, human beings, hunter-gatherers, Jay Richards, labor, robots, schools, teachers, The Human Advantage, unemployment, Wall Street Journal}

Human Exceptionalism Explains the Longing for a “Human Touch”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 25, 2018

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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No doubt evolutionary psychologists could a tell a story to explain this. They always can. Something about tribes of hunter-gatherers. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 16, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __cedited, "survival of the fittest", Alfred Russel Wallace, architecture, Charles Darwin, consciousness, Darwinian theory, evolution, exaptation, human beings, ID the Future, intelligence, Kenneth Miller, Michael Flannery, Mike Keas, natural selection, podcast, Richard Lewontin, Stephen Jay Gould, textbook, The Human Instinct, Wesley Smith}

Human Exceptionalism — An Evolutionary Dilemma

_{David Klinghoffer
July 16, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Scientific Reasoning

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Following Darwin, with an assist from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin, Ken Miller proposes that human reason, consciousness, etc. are exaptations, or “spandrels.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 10, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __cedited, artificial intelligence, Discovery Institute, George Montañez, human beings, Jay Richards, Michael Egnor, Museum of Flight, Pandora’s box, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Seattle, smart machines, Stephen Hawking, The Human Advantage, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, William A. Dembski}

Artificial Intelligence Is a Pandora’s Box. What’s in There? Find Out Tomorrow!

_{David Klinghoffer
July 10, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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Get a glimpse at 7:30 pm as we live-stream Discovery Institute's launch of the new Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
July 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, Bill Gates, Charles Darwin, Declaration of Independence, DNA, faith and science, Founders, George Gaylord Simpson, human beings, human rights, Independence Day, intelligent design, John Adams, nature, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Watson and Crick}

We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident

_{Stephen C. Meyer
July 4, 2018

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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On Independence Day, it's appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 24, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __cedited, Amazon River, anti-humanism, Colorado River, Congress, courts, Ganges River, human beings, nature, nature rights, slavery, The Guardian, The War on Humans}

Animal Ownership and Antebellum Slavery — An Odious Comparison

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 24, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Favored by the animal-rights movement, the idea is misanthropic, and I would say, implicitly racist. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 18, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, __cedited, artificial intelligence, cognition, computation, computers, Enlightenment, Henry Kissinger, human beings, machines, money, personhood, Pinocchio, The Atlantic, toaster, transhumanism}

Kissinger: A.I. Machines Won’t “Think”

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 18, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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Transhumanists and other anti-human exceptionalists have been arguing of late that artificial-intelligence machines are destined to become so sophisticated that they will become “self-aware.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 26, 2018

Categories
Arts
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, consciousness, Darwinian theory, David Gelernter, education, evolutionists, free speech, Great Minds with Michael Medved, history, human beings, humanities, literature, Michael Medved, origins, podcast, scientism, students, universities, Western civilization, Yale University}

David Gelernter: “You Need To Know Who You Are To Begin With”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 26, 2018

Arts, Biology, Evolution, Science Education

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Knowing who you are, where you came from, is a central purpose of education, and frankly not only in the humanities but in biology. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 15, 2018

Categories
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __nedited, African Americans, algorithms, artificial intelligence, behavior, Civil War, consciousness, empathy, endowed by their creator, feelings, human beings, human rights, programming, Psychology Today, Racism, rights, robots, slavery, stories, Thomas Jefferson}

Rights Are Not about “Feelings”

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 15, 2018

Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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Thomas Hills argues that we will accord human-style rights to robots because we will come to empathize with them. Read More ›