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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 18, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, babies, Denmark, Down syndrome, eugenics, Iceland, New York Times, parents, Sarah Palin}

Extinguishing Down Syndrome Babies Is Eugenics

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 18, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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Eugenics is more than trying to control the health or other attributes of a general population. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
November 28, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, coincidence, deception, Design Inference, Gregor Mendel, honesty, improbability, New York Times, peas, plagiarism, probability, protocols, specification, UC San Diego}

Mendel’s Peas and More: Inferring Data Falsification in Science

_{William A. Dembski and Winston Ewert
November 28, 2023

Intelligent Design, Medicine, Physical Sciences

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What keeps scientific fraud in check is our ability to detect it, and it’s the design inference that does the detecting. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 28, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Brandeis University, Canada, doctors, euthanasia, honey, MAiD, medical aid in dying, medication, mercy killing, New York Times, nurse practitioners, patients, suicide, University of Colorado}

How “Medical Aid in Dying” Became the Euphemism of Choice for Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 28, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

5}

When radical policies are proposed, the first step is to change the lexicon to make it seem less extreme, even mundane. Read More ›

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Author
Nancy Pearcey

Date
September 20, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Christianity, Colombia, dignity, divine image, drinking, Evangelical Christianity, image of God, Latin America, New York Times, pride, prostitutes, Protestantism, smoking, violence, women}

The Image of God — Going Global

_{Nancy Pearcey
September 20, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science

3}

Just like in the days of the early church, Christianity teaches men to treat their wives with dignity. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 1, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Canada, Darwin's Doubt, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran Period, evolution, fossil record, intelligent design, Kimberella, molecular clock, New York Times, Norway, Oxford University, precambrian fossils, Precambrian strata, Russia, Siberia, Stephen Meyer, taphonomy}

Taphonomy Study Shortens Fuse for the Cambrian Explosion

_{David Coppedge
August 1, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The “molecular clock” must be wrong, a study concludes. Cambrian animal ancestors are not there in the fossil record as hoped. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 28, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Australopithecus, cannibalism, Darwin critics, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, hominins, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, New York Times, predictions, taxonomy}

Fossil Friday: Another Prediction Vindicated

_{Günter Bechly
July 28, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

5}

The virtual ink for my article had hardly dried when a story about a new discovery hit the news. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 7, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ABC News, archaeologists, Associated Press, Australia, bioRxiv, burial, cave art, chimpanzees, fire use, Germany, Griffith University, hominids, Homo naledi, human origins, intelligence, Kenya, Lee Berger, Natural History Museum, Neanderthals, New York Times, Newsweek, paleontology, Phys.org, Rising Star Cave, Science News, skeletons, Spain, The Conversation, Wall Street Journal}

Scientists Are Skeptical that Intelligence in Homo naledi “Erases Human Exceptionalism”

_{Casey Luskin
June 7, 2023

Archaeology, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Berger et al.’s claims about the species have been disputed and their idea that it lived 2-3 million years ago was exaggerated by a factor of 10. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
April 28, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, algebra, Arthur Conan Doyle, books, C.S. Lewis, fiction, geometry, intelligent design, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jurassic Park, Leo Tolstoy, literature, mathematician, meaning, Michael Crichton, New York Times, order}

Why Mathematics and Literature Point to Intelligent Design

_{Peter Biles
April 28, 2023

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

5}

In an era where un-design is celebrated, a mathematician shows that structure and order are inherent in both literature and the universe. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 23, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, abandonment, assisted suicide, Belgium, Canada, Canadians, doctors, euthanasia, Hippocratic Oath, lethal injection, mental illness, Netherlands, New York Times, patients, policymakers, prescription, psychiatry, suicide, United States}

NYT Pushes Suicide for the Mentally Ill

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 23, 2023

Bioethics, Science Reporting

5}

Clancy Martin’s first paragraph makes clear why his thesis should be rejected out of hand. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 2, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, New York Times, orcas}

Freeing Captured Orca Could Be Cruel

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 2, 2023

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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I understand the motive, but this could be a case of ideology trumping actual animal welfare. And I can’t help thinking of the Little Prince’s fox. Read More ›