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David Klinghoffer

Date
October 5, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, Africans, animal rights, Bronx Zoo, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, clergy, Darwinism, frivolous lawsuits, Happy (elephant), human rights, Human Zoos, Monkey House, New York Post, Nonhuman Rights Project, Ota Benga, scientific racism, Tree of Life, Wesley Smith, writ of habeas corpus}

On Human and Animal Rights, the Twisted Course of Evolutionary “Philosophy”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 5, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Wesley Smith commented earlier on the struggle, via litigation by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NRP), to grant human-like “rights” to an elephant in the Bronx Zoo. Read More ›

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Date
April 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
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, __k-review, Africans, apes, documentary, eugenics, Houston, human life, Human Zoos, humans, Impact DOCS Awards, Jay Richards, John West, Olufemi Oluniyi, Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Ota Benga, Racism, Richard Weikart, scientific racism, Seattle, Social Darwinism, South Africa, Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga, Woodland Park Zoo}

Human Zoos to Premiere in South Africa and Seattle

_{Science and Culture
April 10, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution

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Anyone interested in the grim history of Social Darwinism in America, or debates over scientific racism and the sanctity of human life, will want to see this documentary. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Aeon, Alexa, Amazon, artificial intelligence, biologic institute, culture, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, eugenics, evolution, gravity, heliocentrism, hologram, intelligent design, John Danaher, marriage, mind-body dualism, robot, scientific racism, sex}

Professor: Loving a Robot Is Healthy Because of…Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
April 4, 2018

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution

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A Japanese company, Gatebox, evidently felt that Alexa from Amazon isn’t disturbing enough as something to have around your house. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
March 9, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, animals, baby, chimpanzees, Darwinism, David Barash, eugenics, evolution, human-animal hybrid, humans, humanzee, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Oxford University Press, peace, Richard Dawkins, scientific racism}

David Barash’s Shocking Suggestion

_{Richard Weikart
March 9, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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Continuity with our species does not provide any protection at all. This is because the evolutionary process cannot confer any value on humans — or any other species. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
February 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, anthropology, Arthur Schopenhauer, assumptions, biases, Charles Darwin, Christa Schroeder, cranial capacity, Darwinism, Europeans, evolution, human origins, ideology, Konrad Lorenz, Nobel Prize, prejudices, pseudoscience, racial inequality, Racism, religion, scientific racism, scientists, Steven Pinker, The Descent of Man}

On the History of Darwinism, Scientific Racism, and Hitler, Is Steven Pinker Objective?

_{Richard Weikart
February 26, 2018

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Psychology

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Pinker is right that we should formulate our ideas based on evidence, not bias and preconceptions. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 14, 2016

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Social Sciences
Tagged
, __tedited, abortion, alt-right, anti-Zionism, bigotry, biodiversity, conservatives, diversity, eugenics, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary racism, National Review, pseudoscientific racism, Race Realism, Radix Journal, Richard Spencer, scientific racism, Social Darwinism, Steve Sailer, The Federalist, The Unz Review}

Evolution and the Alt-Right

_{David Klinghoffer
April 14, 2016

Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting, Social Sciences

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In conservative venues, a splinter called the "alternative right" or "alt-right" is the subject of bitter and voluminous indignation. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 10, 2015

Categories
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __nedited, brain sex, cerebral cortex, fMRI, gender, gyri, junk science, moral agency, phrenology, pseudo-pronouns, public policy, Research, scientific racism, sexual differences, sexual dimorphism, sexual realism, transgenderism}

At the Intersection of Phrenology and Public Policy

_{Michael Egnor
December 10, 2015

Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Reproductive Science

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A recent PNAS study is the latest iteration of dial-a-science: just call and order science to fit your favored narrative. Read More ›