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Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 8, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
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, __k-review, bacteria, Canada, corporations, environmental movement, global warming, humans, Lake Erie, liberty, litigation, mosquitoes, nature rights, orcas, responsibilities, rights, rivers, science journals, The Conversation, whales}

What Do Orcas Want? Rights! When Do They Want Them? Now!

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 8, 2019

Bioethics

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Apparently orcas are threatened in an area of Canadian waters. The government has suggested voluntary sanctuaries. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 6, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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, __k-review, animal rights, animal welfare, animals, Dogs, Holocaust, horses, humans, medical research, PETA, pets, rabbits, speciesism, The Conversation}

It’s Unjust Patriarchy to Own a Pet!

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 6, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Corey Lee Wrenn argues that what is done to an animal should be judged in the same fashion as if the same thing were done to a human. Read More ›

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Date
January 18, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, A Meaningful World, Atacama Desert, beauty, Benjamin Wiker, Burgess Shale, Cambrian News, Chengjiang fossils, Chile, China, Darwin's Doubt, DNA, evolution, Ferris Jabr, insects, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, MIT, Ohio State University, Periodic Table, sexual selection, Stephen Meyer, The Conversation, water}

Early Cambrian Complexity and Other News

_{Science & Culture
January 18, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Stephen Meyer’s case for intelligent design in Darwin’s Doubt keeps getting vindicated by new fossils. Read More ›

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Date
December 14, 2018

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Current Biology, Flight, Oxford University, paramecium, Rockefeller University, Science Advances, Spider-Man, The Conversation, walking, wasps, water, whales, wings}

Gecko, Fairyfly, Manta Ray: Animals Push the Limits of the Possible

_{Science & Culture
December 14, 2018

Engineering, Intelligent Design

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What are we to think of humble animals that make the semi-miraculous look routine? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 12, 2018

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, adaptation, aesthetics, Ann Gauger, architecture, balance, beauty, evolution, evolutionary theory, face, function, humans, intellect, intelligent design, Michael Denton, Neanderthals, science, soul, The Biology of the Baroque, The Conversation}

The Chin Enigma

_{David Klinghoffer
December 12, 2018

Arts, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A scientific theory that on principle refuses to see the obvious is an achievement of which only humans are capable. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 18, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __k-review, amygdala, Anil Seth, brain, consciousness, Discovery Institute, emotions, hallucination, hippocampus, illusion, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neuroscience, psychologist, Psychology Today, skull, soul, TED talk, The Conversation, thought, U.S. Senate, University of Sussex, Walter Bradley Center}

A Strange Way of Speaking About the Brain

_{David Klinghoffer
October 18, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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A peculiar habit of disassociation is widespread among many who study the brain. Read More ›

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Date
September 20, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Anomalocaris, Burgess Shale, Cambrian animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, Current Biology, Ediacaran animals, Jennifer Hoyal Cuthill, paleobiology, radiodont, Stephen Meyer, The Conversation, University of Oxford}

More Excuses for Cambrian Non-Evolution

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September 20, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A new statistical study of impacts on the moon concludes that the appearance of an increase was an artifact of biased sampling. Read More ›

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Date
July 5, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
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, __k-review, "poor design", Charles Darwin, choking, drinking, dysteleology, eating, intelligent design, lungs, mammals, mouth, On the Origin of Species, pharynx, respiration, speech, The Conversation, The Scientist, tongue, United States, Wikipedia}

Oral Cavity’s Supposedly “Lousy” Design Is a Key to Human Speech

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July 5, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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We’re constantly told that the design of the human larynx, trachea, and oral cavity is poor because it allows for choking on food. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 29, 2016

Categories
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __nedited, adaptation, creationism, cynicism, Doug Axe, evolutionary biology, intellectual honesty, open-mindedness, rhetoric, sexual reproduction, The Conversation, tribalism, Undeniable (book)}

Evolutionist Recommends “Listening to Other Arguments,” Except When It Comes to Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
November 29, 2016

Scientific Reasoning

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Rob Brooks decries "tribal thinking." Doug Axe replies skeptically. Read More ›