Tag: popular culture

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 14, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, authority, business, chronic pain, despair, disability, doctors, Gallup, love, media, medicine, moral acceptability, opinions, physician-assisted suicide, poll, popular culture, prevention, rescue, respondents, self-termination, spouse, suicide, terminal sickness}

On Morality of Suicide, a Wide Disparity of Opinion; Why?

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 14, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Close to a majority, 49 percent, answered that committing suicide with a doctor’s help is morally acceptable, while 45 percent responded that it is not. Read More ›

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Date
October 2, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, artificial intelligence, atheists, bats, Chinese Room argument, computation, consciousness, Edward Feser, John Searle, philosophers, philosophy, popular culture, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Nagel}

Farewell to John Searle, Philosopher of Mind and Language

_{Science & Culture
October 2, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

5}

His Chinese Room thought experiment, an argument for why computers can seem clever without having minds, was widely understood among the lay public. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 26, 2025

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Tagged
, activism, assisted dying, assisted suicide, children, coercion, disability rights, England, equality, gender ideology, Harry Potter, liberals, physicians, popular culture, prevention, suicidal people, Wales, women}

J. K. Rowling Comes Out Against Legalized Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 26, 2025

Arts, Bioethics

2}

Two of the core tenets of liberalism are (supposed to be) protecting vulnerable people from exploitation and promoting equality among all people. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 14, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abandonment, assisted suicide, Canada, euthanasia, experts, health care, homelessness, housing, Journal of Medical Ethics, laws, MAiD, medical assistance in dying, popular culture, poverty, regulations, suffering, United States}

Bioethicists: Killing Okay for “Unjust Social Conditions”

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 14, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

5}

I can’t imagine this being true ten years ago before euthanasia became legal. Euthanasia mutates a society’s soul. Read More ›

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Date
October 2, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Epicurus, ID the Future, intelligent design, Leonard Susskind, Marvel Cinematic Universe, multiverse, popular culture, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer}

The Multiverse: From Epicurus to Comic Books and Beyond

_{Science & Culture
October 2, 2022

Bioethics, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

2}

Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Andrew McDiarmid explores the roots of the idea that our universe is just one of many universes. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 21, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, aliens, atheism, creator, digital code, DNA, intelligent design, materialism, multiverse, Ockham’s razor, parallel universes, popular culture, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientific atheism, scientists, The Daily Wire}

Meyer: Theistic Implications of the Multiverse

_{David Klinghoffer
May 21, 2022

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

2}

"As for the Multiverse, even sci-fi writers now recognize that if such a thing exists, it would still require an ultimate Creator." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __cedited, Darwinian theory, Donald Trump, Evangelical Christians, evolution, George W. Bush, God and Evolution, H.L. Mencken, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jay Richards, media, Michael Keas, podcast, Politics, popular culture, The Atlantic}

Two Laws of Discourse About Science in Pop Culture

_{David Klinghoffer
April 3, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science, Science Reporting

3}

As presented by prestige media outlets, the evolution debate never really advances beyond 1925, the year of the Scopes trial. Read More ›