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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 15, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, AIDS, Anthony Fauci, children, COVID-19, epidemiology, Francis Collins, George W. Bush, Great Barrington Declaration, Harvard University, Jay Bhattacharya, lab leak, Martin Kulldorff, Nature Medicine, NIH, Oxford University, pandemic, public health, public policy, schools, Sunetra Gupta, Washington Post, Wired}

Fauci and Collins Owe the Country an Apology

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 15, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

6}

The harm done unnecessarily to children — their lost time in school, not to mention missed socialization — is a blow from which many will never recover. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 21, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, abortion, Colorado, embryos, faith, fetus, Groningen protocol, human beings, Journal of Medical Ethics, Netherlands, Peter Singer, pregnancy, public policy, rights, Second Amendment, The New England Journal of Medicine, unborn, Vermont, World Health Organization}

Pro-Abortion Absolutism and Its Consequences

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 21, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine, Science

6}

Abortion absolutism is a radical departure from the once well-accepted idea that nascent human beings — at least at some level — deserve respect and protection. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 13, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, computer science, computers, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, faith, human beings, J. Budziszewski, John West, materialism, media, Non-Computable You, public education, public policy, Robert J. Marks II, scientists, William A. Dembski, YouTube videos}

Marks, Dembski: AI Hype and the “Illusion of Possibility”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 13, 2022

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

The materialist agenda is served by AI hype, while the human mission is damaged. And that is what is at stake. Read More ›

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Date
July 7, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, Australia, Constitution, Discovery Institute, Dobbs v. Jackson, Europe, human rights, Humanize, media, North America, public policy, Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court, United States, Wesley Smith}

Where the Abortion Debate Goes from Here

_{Science & Culture
July 7, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

On a new podcast, host Wesley Smith and guest Catherine Glenn Foster discuss the Dobbs decision. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 10, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, cancer, children, conception, egg, embryo, human being, human life, law, National Academy of Sciences, newborn, parasite, public policy, scientists, settled science, sperm, womb, zygote}

Fact Check: Yes, Human Life Begins at Fertilization

_{Michael Egnor
May 10, 2022

Bioethics, Biology, Ethics, Medicine

4}

So what are we to make of a scientific profession in which scientific experts consistently distort the science of human life? Read More ›

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Date
February 28, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, book reviews, books, Center for Science and Culture, culture, Discovery Institute, George W. Bush, Goldilocks, intelligent design, Marvin Olasky, New York City, public policy, science, Steve Buri, Virginia, World Magazine}

Marvin Olasky Joins Discovery Institute as New Senior Fellow

_{Science & Culture
February 28, 2022

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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“I’ve long admired Discovery’s courageous work on intelligent design,” said Olasky. Read More ›

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Date
August 30, 2020

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, ID the Future, John West, knowledge, morality, public policy, scientism, scientists, That Hideous Strength, The Magician's Twin, totalitarianism}

C. S. Lewis Foresaw Scientism’s Totalitarian Potential

_{Science & Culture
August 30, 2020

Ethics, Faith & Science

1}

According to Lewis, science steps dangerously outside its bounds when it assumes it has all knowledge, especially moral knowledge. Read More ›

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Date
May 18, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, Andrew McDiarmid, China, coronavirus, COVID-19, Evolution News, health, ID the Future, medicine, neurosurgeon, pandemic, podcast, policymakers, public policy, science, Thomas Aquinas, transparency, WHO}

Thomas Aquinas Weighs in on the Coronavirus and Public Policy

_{Science & Culture
May 18, 2020

Medicine

1}

Scientists should have “stayed in their lane,” giving policymakers the information that science can provide about a potential pandemic, and left the political calculations alone. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 12, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, assisted suicide, coronavirus, COVID-19, despair, doctors, New Jersey, public policy, suicide prevention}

New Jersey’s Suicide Confusion

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 12, 2020

Bioethics

3}

With COVID-19, New Jersey officials are worried about a spike in suicide caused by the shutdown. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 7, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Psychology
Sociology
Tagged
, __k-review, calculus, Congress, coronavirus, COVID-19, economics, elderly, epidemiology, euthanasia, experts, health, neurosurgeon, Politics, President, probabilities, public policy, scientists, social distancing, Thomas Aquinas}

Balancing Lives, Economics, and Public Policy in This Plague

_{Michael Egnor
April 7, 2020

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine, Psychology, Sociology

7}

Our political policy makers (the President, Congress and the Senate, governors, etc.) should make their calculus transparent. Read More ›