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Here It Comes: First Transgenderism, Next Transableism

Why is it not also appropriate to cut off unwanted arms or snip spinal cords if that brings emotional relief? Read More ›
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Life and Origami: Lessons from the Art of Paper-Folding

The differences between an origami figure and a living thing are more instructive than their similarities. Read More ›
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I Just Want to Say One Word to You: Graphene

Graphene was first characterized in 2004 when two researchers took graphite and exfoliated individual sheets of graphene using scotch tape. Read More ›
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ScienceAlert Vindicates My Findings About Human “Tails” — They Are NOT an Evolutionary Atavism

The article cites new literature that has appeared since I published my own review nine years ago. Read More ›
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We’re Seeing the First Wave of Applied Transhumanism

OK. Let’s get real. Most of the morphological transformations for which transhumanists yearn will almost surely never come to pass. Read More ›
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If Octopuses Are So Smart, Should We Eat Them?

We have tended to assume that intelligence rose with the development of a spinal cord and brain (vertebrates), and warmbloodedness (mammals and birds). Read More ›
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Are Human Brain Transplants Even Possible?

I believe the intelligent design perspective may offer insight into the peculiar inability of central nervous system tissue to regenerate. Read More ›
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Are Head Transplants Soul Transplants?

The question of the disposition of the soul depends on what we mean by “soul.” Is the soul a thing somewhere in the brain, so to speak, or in the body? Read More ›
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We Need the Grim Good of Animal Research

Scientists researching gene therapy as a potential future therapy have succeeded in restoring feeling to paralyzed rats. Read More ›
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How the Body Deals with Gravity

The human body is an inherently unstable object that needs to take control to stay balanced. Read More ›

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