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David Klinghoffer

Date
January 19, 2019

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Bioethics
Evolution
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, __cedited, abstraction, Amsterdam, documentary, eugenics, Germany, Human Zoos, John West, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Day, Nazis, New York City, Ota Benga, scientific racism, Texas}

What Anne Frank and Ota Benga Have in Common

_{David Klinghoffer
January 19, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution

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Cruelty and injustice can seem an abstraction, committed against faceless people. Read More ›

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John G. West

Date
January 18, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Technology
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, __cedited, Arthur Balfour, C.S. Lewis, Dallas, Darwinian theory, discrimination, gravitation, Herbert Spencer, Hiroshima, Human Zoos, intelligent design, James Jeans, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Day, materialism, Nagasaki, progress, Racism, science, scientific racism, scientism, Strength to Love}

Martin Luther King’s Powerful Critique of Scientific Racism, Scientific Materialism

_{John G. West
January 18, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution, Technology

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Dr. King was sharply critical of the misuse of science to promote racial discrimination, and he spoke forcefully against the idea that humans are the products of a blind material process. Read More ›

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October 10, 2018

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Bioethics
Evolution
Science Education
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, __cedited, alt-right, American Museum of Natural History, Bronx Zoo, David Klinghoffer, documentary, education, eugenics, evolution, forced sterilization, Human Zoos, indigenous peoples, John West, Manhattan, methodology, missing links, Monkey House, New York City, Ota Benga, scientific racism, Social Darwinism, survey, white nationalism}

Survey: Americans Favor Education on Scientific Racism; Call for Famed Zoo, Museum to Apologize

_{Science & Culture
October 10, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Science Education

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“Most Americans realize we need to learn from the past,” said John West, writer and director of the new documentary Human Zoos. “But we can’t learn from the past if we cover it up.” Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
October 8, 2018

Categories
Evolution
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, __cedited, __image, Darwinian theory, documentary, Human Zoos, John West, Paul Johnson, Philippines, scientific racism, Spain, St. Louis World's Fair, United States, video}

On Indigenous Peoples Day, Remember This Chapter from the History of Evolutionary Science

_{David Klinghoffer
October 8, 2018

Evolution

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John West was in St. Louis recently and had the opportunity to explore the site of the 1904 World’s Fair, which featured a “human zoo.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 5, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __cedited, 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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April 10, 2018

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Bioethics
Evolution
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, __cedited, Africans, apes, documentary, eugenics, Houston, human life, Human Zoos, humans, 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 & 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
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, __cedited, Aeon, Alexa, Amazon, artificial intelligence, biologic institute, culture, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, eugenics, evolution, gravity, heliocentrism, intelligent design, marriage, 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
, __cedited, abortion, animals, baby, chimpanzees, Darwinism, David Barash, eugenics, evolution, 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
, __cedited, anthropology, Arthur Schopenhauer, assumptions, biases, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Europeans, evolution, human origins, ideology, Nobel Prize, prejudices, pseudoscience, 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, bigotry, biodiversity, conservatives, diversity, eugenics, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary racism, National Review, pseudoscientific racism, Race Realism, 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 ›