Tag: social media

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
August 21, 2025

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Evolution
Tagged
, adventure, art, beauty, betrayal, Beyond the Story, Christina Bieber Lake, death, duty, Englishmen, evolution, fiction, honor, human life, human nature, James Matthew Wilson, Kenneth Grahame, literature, love, machines, meaning, movies, philosophers, pornography, Roger Scruton, romance, scientism, social media, The Wind in the Willows, TV shows, universe, Wheaton College}

In a Materialistic Universe, Literature Doesn’t Make Sense

_{Peter Biles
August 21, 2025

Cultural Anthropology, Evolution

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Some assume humanity’s longstanding appreciation for art, be it literary, visual, or musical, has evolutionary groundings. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 5, 2025

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, Andrew McDiarmid, Ben Grimm, bonus scene, Charles Darwin, culture, Doctor Doom, drama, evolution, family, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four: First Steps, Grok, H.E.R.B.I.E, intelligent design, Johnny Storm, Marvel Cinematic Universe, multiverse, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, paywall, principles, scientific materialism, social media, subscription, tension, The Daily Wire, The Hungry Caterpillar, universe}

Fantastic Four and a Walk-On for Darwin

_{David Klinghoffer
August 5, 2025

Arts, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

Great tensions fuel engaging drama, always. If there’s a conflict, it has to be stark and serious, and the stakes have to be high. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 5, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, bureaucracy, censorship, China, Christians, civil rights, COVID-19, dissent, Donald Trump, epidemiologists, Evangelical Christians, Facebook, Great Barrington Declaration, Jay Bhattacharya, lockdowns, Mark Zuckerberg, National Institutes of Health, natural immunity, New York City, public health, social media, South Africa, Stanford University, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, The Road to Wisdom, United States}

Frightening Recommendations from Francis Collins

_{John G. West
December 5, 2024

Medicine, Scientific Freedom

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The former NIH head thinks the government didn't exert enough control during the last pandemic. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 3, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, corporations, hacking, humans, information, Internet, MIT Technology Review, privacy, smartphones, social media, technologists}

You Thought the Internet Would Make Life Easier? Get Ready for Mandatory “Personhood Credentials”

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 3, 2024

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

Governments have proven themselves quite incapable of keeping information private, as have the largest corporations. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
February 7, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Education
Technology
Tagged
, algorithms, An Idol for Destruction (series), Aristotle, artificial general intelligence, chess, children, computers, Dante Alighieri, education, farming, happiness, humans, humility, idols, Inferno, iPhones, machines, peace, Silicon Valley, social media, The Politics of Revelation and Reason}

Artificial General Intelligence: Destroying the Idol

_{William A. Dembski
February 7, 2024

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Education, Technology

15}

Even those doing the most to build and publicize the AGI idol do not wish it on their children. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 17, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Technology
Tagged
, behavior, Christ, coercion, communication, conformity, education, Facebook, human person, industry, Instagram, Leviticus, media, medicine, military, mimesis, philosophers, power, prestige, propaganda, religion, René Girard, science, scientific community, social media, thin desire, TikTok, Twitter, whistleblowers}

Pressure, Propaganda, and Persecution through Mimesis

_{Ann Gauger
November 17, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Technology

6}

French philosopher René Girard discovered something new, new but very old, about human behavior. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 12, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", animals, bananas, barbarism, chickens, Eric Hedin, evil, evolutionary theory, fish, Gaza, goodness, Hamas, human evil, humanity, intelligent design, Lord of the Flies, natural evil, Nazis, pogrom, Scripture, social media, The Guardian, theism, universities, William Golding}

Thoughts of Goodness in an Evolutionary World

_{David Klinghoffer
October 12, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

5}

What you’d expect is humans more or less on the level of animals — not greatly exceeding them in evil, or greatly transcending them in good. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
May 23, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, atheism, birthdays, debates, Design Inference, information, intelligent design, James Tour, materialism, probability, Professor Dave Explains, Rice University, science education, social media, unwashed middle, YouTube videos}

“Well, Everyone Has to Have a Birthday” — How Professor Dave Botches Probability

_{William A. Dembski
May 23, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Farina misses the key second component of design inferences. His pattern of birthdays is completely unspecified. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
April 20, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Barry Arrington, blogs, Darwinism, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, evidence, evolution, Evolution News, Google, higher intelligence, history, intelligent design, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Jason Rosenhouse, Kenneth Miller, law, Michael Behe, Panda's Thumb, social media, truth, Twitter, Uncommon Descent, Uncommon Dissent, writing, YouTube videos}

Uncommon Descent — A Farewell and Remembrance

_{William A. Dembski
April 20, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

I didn’t know what to expect from the blog when it started, but it quickly developed a following that was gratifying to see. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 21, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, Biden Administration, debate, discourse, disinformation, free speech, health, intellectual property, International Court of Justice, medicine, misinformation, national sovereignty, pandemic, Paris accords, policies, public health, social media, technocracy, U.S. Senate, United States, World Health Organization}

Transforming WHO into a Public-Health Technocracy

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 21, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

5}

This treaty would be the first essential step in granting WHO the actual power to impose policies instead of relying, as now, on persuasion. Read More ›