Tag: humankind

Modern open-plan science laboratory with researchers in white coats working at workstations, bright natural light, 4k, Generative AI.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 2, 2026

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, amateurs, anti-science, authoritarianism, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Darwin, climate change, COVID, debate, Department of Health and Human Services, engineers, freedom of inquiry, government, Gregor Mendel, health-care workers, humankind, Jane Goodall, legislation, misinformation, Nature (journal), patients, registration, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., scientific inquiry, scientists, South Africa, Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, transgenderism, vaccine skeptics}

Register Scientists with the Government? Top Journal Says Yes!

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 2, 2026

Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

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It would be a means of controlling who is allowed to “do” science and the ability to determine what can be communicated to the public. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 7, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Psychology
Tagged
, contemplation, courage, creativity, Declaration of Independence, dehumanization, designer, etymonline.com, faith, free will, freedom, friction, happiness, hope, human beings, humankind, humanness, humans, individuality, intuition, Karl Jaspers, liberty, life, love, Man in the Modern Age, meaning, Nicolai Berdyaev, organization, philosophers, presence, reasoning, relationship, resistance, spontaneity, surprise, technology, transcendence, virtuousness}

Endowed with Spontaneity: Celebrating Human Freedom

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 7, 2026

Faith & Science, Psychology

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That’s 1930s-German-philosopher-speak for the power and freedom human beings have to know themselves, be known to others, and be active agents in the world. Read More ›

A 1940s style American kitchen, green. Generative AI

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Date
November 25, 2025

Categories
Geology
Historical Sciences
Tagged
, climate, earth, Encyclopaedia Britannica, geologists, geology, history, humankind, humans, sediments, Stone Age}

As an Idea, the “Anthropocene” Era Is Dead

_{Science & Culture
November 25, 2025

Geology, Historical Sciences

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In a world where pundits regularly accuse us all of being too anthropocentric, the naming of a new geological epoch would enshrine that view forever in science. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 24, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, anti-humanism, China, ecosystems, endangered species, glaciers, human exceptionalism, human rights, human thriving, humankind, lawfare, mountain, nature rights, rivers, waves}

“Nature Rights” Hits the Big Time

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 24, 2025

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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The National Geographic Society — one of the world’s largest and most influential science organizations — is going to pour money into the movement. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 21, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animals, anthropocentrism, disabilities, embryo, environment, Evolution News, human development, human exceptionalism, humankind, humans, nature, nature rights, Pope Francis, Roman Catholic, sanctity of life}

Pope Francis Embraced Human Exceptionalism

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 21, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism

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The idea of unique human value and concomitant duties are the core of human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 16, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, antibiotics, burial, cave art, compassion, Darwin critics, Darwinian evolution, Down syndrome, fire, gene pool, genetic admixture, Homo sapiens, humankind, jewelry, music, Neanderthals, Science (journal), Spain}

Fossil Friday: Human Nature of Neanderthals Supported Again

_{Günter Bechly
August 16, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Extended caregiving for a strongly disabled child is a highly non-Darwinian behavior that indeeds suggests compassion on a level only found in humans. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
May 20, 2022

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astrophysicists, atheism, bioengineering, brain, Charles Darwin, Copernican Revolution, demiurge, Democritus, Denis Diderot, earth, Erasmus Darwin, human eye, humankind, Judeo-Christian tradition, life, natural selection, nature, Paul Davies, philosophes, physiology, Plato, purpose, teleology, The Miracle of Man, theism, William Paley}

In His New Book, Denton Shows How Science Leads the Charge to Theism

_{Neil Thomas
May 20, 2022

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences

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In his new book, Michael Denton is particularly strong on what he terms “the post-Copernican delusion of mankind’s cosmic irrelevance.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 13, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, courts, development, environmentalists, Florida, human rights, humankind, journalists, lakes, law, nature rights, Orange County, radicals, The New Yorker, United Nations}

Nature Rights: A Lake in Florida Sues

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 13, 2022

Bioethics, Science Reporting

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For a certain class of journalists, practical concerns are of little consequence — or perhaps, just not as much fun to write about. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 11, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Copernican Revolution, cosmic rays, earth, evolution, heliocentric model, How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin (series), humankind, intelligent design, Lucretius, Michael Denton}

The Stars Above Us

_{Neil Thomas
November 11, 2021

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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What Lucretius once termed in the widest sense “the nature of things” is no respecter of modern scientific conventions. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
February 10, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Anglo-Saxons, Artificial Selection, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, Darwin Day, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, eugenics, Europeans, humankind, On the Origin of Species, Paul Broca, Peter Bowler, Racism, The Descent of Man, William Graham}

Darwin and Race: Three Strikes, He’s Out

_{Michael Flannery
February 10, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

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February is Black History Month, and this week, Friday, February 12, is Darwin Day — the birthday of Charles Darwin. Read More ›