2560px-Jan_steen,_la_visita_del_dottore,_1660-62_ca._02 Type post Author Andrew McDiarmid Date July 18, 2025 CategoriesBiologyIntelligent DesignMedicine Tagged , Aristotelianism, biology, cancer, Evolution News, faith and science, humans, ID the Future, intentionality, materialism, mechanism, mechanistic view, medical school, molecular level, oncologists, organisms, physical law, physical world, podcast, purpose, random processes, Stephen Iacoboni, Stuart Kauffman, Telos: The Scientific Basis for a Life of Purpose, Thomistic philosophy Stephen Iacoboni: Finding Purpose in Medicine and Science Andrew McDiarmid July 18, 2025 Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine 3 Ultimately, Dr. Iacoboni aims to help his fellow physicians escape the “suffocating boundaries of mechanism and materialism.” Read More ›
The_Doctor Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date September 26, 2024 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , cancer, death, doctor, Geoffrey Simmons, healthcare, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, materialism, medicine, Michael Egnor, oncologists, patients, Philip Nitschke, physicians, Sarco, soul, Stephen J. Iacoboni, Switzerland, William James Medicine’s “Sacred Space” — Grossly Violated David Klinghoffer September 26, 2024 Bioethics, Medicine 2 When my dad was dying, I saw both sides of the healthcare world, one that fought to save a life and the other that was coldly indifferent, even eager to end it. Read More ›
The_Doctor Type post Author Daniel Witt Date September 9, 2024 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignMetaphysics Tagged , algorithms, amino acids, Aristotle, causation, chickens, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, evolutionary theorists, explanations, final cause, G.K. Chesterton, human body, intelligent design, laws of physics, life, materialism, Mereology, Mona Lisa, oncologists, purpose, purposefulness, quantum physics, science of purpose, screwdriver, Stephen J. Iacoboni, Stuart Kauffman, supernatural, Thomas Aquinas, universe Theist Doctor, Materialist Doctor Daniel Witt September 9, 2024 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics 16 To be a good medical doctor, you have to treat the human body as if its parts have purpose and function. There’s really no way around it. Read More ›
suicide by Zoom Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date June 5, 2020 CategoriesBioethicsTechnology Tagged , abortion, assisted suicide, California, coronavirus, dehumanization, Humanize, medicine, New York State, oncologists, Oregon, oxymoron, pandemic, patients, Philadelphia Inquirer, Planned Parenthood, silver lining, suicide, telehealth, telemedicine, Wesley Smith, Zoom Suicide by Zoom — Technology and Dehumanization David Klinghoffer June 5, 2020 Bioethics, Technology 3 “We are always told that ‘strict guidelines will protect against abuse.’ It’s always been baloney.” Read More ›
Randolph_M._Nesse 2 Type post Author Michael Egnor Date April 3, 2020 CategoriesEvolutionMedicine Tagged , __k-review, antibiotics, bone marrow, cancer, chemotherapy, chills, clinical practice, cough, Darwinian medicine, Darwinism, Ernst Mayr, evolutionary biologists, exercise, fever, Immune System, infection, malaria, medical science, natural selection, obesity, oncologists, pandemic, Randolph Nesse, SARS-CoV-2, The Myth of Darwinian Medicine (series) The Myth of “Darwinian Medicine” Michael Egnor April 3, 2020 Evolution, Medicine 6 The very admission that Darwinism has had no role in medical science is a telling argument not for its inclusion, but for its irrelevance. Read More ›