Tag: Mary Shelley

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 8, 2025

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Alfred Russel Wallace, Allan Bloom, Anaxagoras, Biochemical Predestination, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Charles Thaxton, chemical evolution, Dean Kenyon, DNA, Erasmus Darwin, Frankenstein, Guillermo Gonzalez, James Tour, Jonathan Wells, Joseph Hooker, Lord Byron, Louis Pasteur, Mary Shelley, Michael Polanyi, Miller-Urey experiment, origin of life, Percy Shelley, Plato, Return of the God Hypothesis, RNA, Roger Olsen, Shannon information, Signature in the Cell, spaghetti, specified complexity, spontaneous generation, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, uniformitarianism, Walter Bradley}

Walter Bradley and Intelligent Design’s First Edition

_{David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2025

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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How does life emerge from that which is not alive? This mystery exercises a peculiar fascination, with the power to elicit remarkable feats of imagination. Read More ›

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Author
Robert J. Marks II

Date
July 12, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Reporting
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, robots, YouTube videos}

Hyping Artificial Intelligence with Seductive Optics and the Frankenstein Complex

_{Robert J. Marks II
July 12, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science Reporting, Technology

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Some of the panicky AI-will-take-over-the-world talk grows out of seductive optics — that is, the AI packaging. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
April 13, 2022

Categories
Biology
Origin of Life
Technology
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Aristotle, biotechnology, book reviews, defining terms, evolution, film, film review, Frankenstein, Harold Urey, intellectual history, Mary Shelley, Miller-Urey experiment, movies, panspermia, satire, spontaneous generation, Stanley Miller, Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science (series)}

Frankenstein and His Offspring

_{Neil Thomas
April 13, 2022

Biology, Origin of Life, Technology

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"Abiogenesis" seems to draw its strength from pseudo-scientific folk-beliefs that life could somehow be made to emerge from non-life. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
August 12, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Alexander Oparin, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, early Earth, Erasmus Darwin, Francis Crick, Frankenstein, Harold Urey, J.B.S. Haldane, James Watson, Joseph Hooker, Louis Pasteur, Mary Shelley, Miller-Urey experiment, Ovid, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Prometheus, Richard Dawkins, Stanley Miller, Time Magazine, University of Chicago}

Myths, Monsters, and Life’s Elusive First Step

_{Neil Thomas
August 12, 2021

Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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The notion that the building blocks of life were easily gotten may have seemed intuitive to journalists and others acquainted with Mary Shelley’s novel. Read More ›

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Author
John Lennox

Date
July 7, 2020

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, eugenics, Frankenstein, Germany, humanity, Jews, John Gray, Mary Shelley, Nazis, Soviet Union, transhumanism}

Transhumanism’s Challenge to Humanity

_{John Lennox
July 7, 2020

Neuroscience & Mind

3}

“For myself, unregenerate humanity is preferable — the flawed and conflicted creatures we are.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 27, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, abiogenesis, Alfred Russel Wallace, Allan Bloom, Anaxagoras, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Charles Thaxton, chemical evolution, Claude Shannon, Dean Kenyon, DNA, Erasmus Darwin, Frankenstein, Guillermo Gonzalez, Harvard University, Hubert Yockey, intelligent design, James Tour, Jonathan Wells, Joseph Hooker, Leslie Orgel, Lord Byron, Louis Pasteur, Mary Shelley, Michael Polanyi, Miller-Urey experiment, Percy Shelley, Plato, Return of the God Hypothesis, RNA, San Francisco State University, Shannon information, Signature in the Cell, Socrates, spaghetti, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, uniformitarianism, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski}

Mystery of Life’s Origin — Intelligent Design’s Original Edition, Greatly Expanded, on Sale Now!

_{David Klinghoffer
January 27, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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How does life emerge from that which is not alive? This mystery exercises a peculiar fascination, with the power to elicit remarkable feats of imagination. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
March 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, Auschwitz, Australopithecus, cells, chimpanzees, David Barash, DNA, Frankenstein, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, humans, hybridization, Mary Shelley, National Institutes of Health, Nautilus, Nazi, primates, religion, Richard Dawkins, Richard Weikart, The Guardian, University of Washington, Wesley Smith}

David Barash’s Proposal — Something Wicked This Way Comes

_{Ann Gauger
March 10, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Psychology

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With a proposal for human/chimp hybrids, evolutionist David Barash vents his rage against religion. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
January 30, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life 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

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Shelley’s cautionary tale of a scientific experiment run amok has profound implications for today’s bioethics debates. Read More ›