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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Political Science
Tagged
, __nedited, Christianity, civilization, creator, darwinist, Declaration of Independence, endowed by their creator, Eric Metaxas, evolution, happiness, human rights, ideas have consequences, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, John Adams, Kirk Durston, liberty, meaning, natural law, nihilism, purpose, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Why Evolution Is True, Yuval Noah Harari}

A Darwinist Deconstructs the Declaration of Independence

_{David Klinghoffer
May 14, 2019

Evolution, Political Science

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Yuval Noah Harari quickly gets down to business, unsentimentally shredding Jefferson’s noble phrases. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 22, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, African Americans, alt-right, Darwinism, Human Zoos, John West, Ku Klux Klan, Margaret Sanger, scientific racism, Social Darwinism, Thomas Jefferson}

On Chicago’s Ted Williams TV Talk Show, Human Zoos Sparks Discussion of Scientific Racism

_{David Klinghoffer
February 22, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution

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One takeaway is that, despite assurances to the contrary, modern evolutionary theory is not easily separated from malign currents in American history, currently exemplified by the Alt-right. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
January 4, 2019

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __cedited, atheism, E.O. Wilson, eugenics, Francis Collins, human experimentation, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Michael Ruse, Michael Shermer, morality, Racism, Scientific American, scientific revolution, The Death of Humanity, Thomas Jefferson, warfare}

Why Michael Shermer’s “Case for Scientific Humanism” Fails

_{Richard Weikart
January 4, 2019

Ethics, Faith & Science

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Shermer tries to rewrite history by insisting that science is built on atheistic assumptions. Read More ›

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Date
October 7, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __cedited, C.S. Lewis, creativity, Declaration of Independence, Discovery Institute, FreedomFest, George Gilder, history, Human Zoos, John West, knowledge, Ota Benga, personhood, Peter Singer, Racism, Richard Weikart, science, technocracy, Thomas Jefferson, totalitarian science}

Totalitarian Science: Past, Present, and Future?

_{Science & Culture
October 7, 2018

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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When science is considered the only route to knowledge, scientific experts are given the right to rule, and science becomes totalitarian. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 2, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __cedited, Adolf Hitler, Bertrand Russell, Enlightenment, history, Hitler’s Religion, Richard Weikart, The Death of Humanity, Thomas Jefferson}

Weikart on C-SPAN: Jefferson, Russell, Hitler, Pianka, and More

_{David Klinghoffer
September 2, 2018

Bioethics

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Kudos to interviewer Peter Slen who is utterly unreadable as to his own attitudes on any on this. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
July 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, Bill Gates, Charles Darwin, Declaration of Independence, DNA, faith and science, Founders, George Gaylord Simpson, human beings, human rights, Independence Day, intelligent design, John Adams, nature, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Watson and Crick}

We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident

_{Stephen C. Meyer
July 4, 2018

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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On Independence Day, it's appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
April 16, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, __cedited, Alasdair MacIntyre, americans, artificial intelligence, China, Declaration of Independence, government, human rights, machines, natural selection, random mutations, robots, Star Trek, Thomas Jefferson, unicorns, University of Notre Dame}

Don’t Fear the Robots; Fear the Robot Philosophers

_{Jay W. Richards
April 16, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physics

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Believe it or not, many officially smart people think that (1) we are just computers made of meat, (2) computers will soon become conscious, or (3) both. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 30, 2018

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __cedited, free speech, intelligent design, Israel, Jews, rabbi, students, Thomas Jefferson, University of Virginia}

University of Virginia Pushes Back Against Free Speech Abridgment

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 30, 2018

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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UVA, as one of America’s top public universities, can help set the trend for free speech. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 15, 2018

Categories
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __nedited, African Americans, algorithms, artificial intelligence, behavior, Civil War, consciousness, empathy, endowed by their creator, feelings, human beings, human rights, programming, Psychology Today, Racism, rights, robots, slavery, stories, Thomas Jefferson}

Rights Are Not about “Feelings”

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 15, 2018

Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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Thomas Hills argues that we will accord human-style rights to robots because we will come to empathize with them. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
September 20, 2017

Categories
Culture
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, argument, correspondence, England, France, intelligent design, John Adams, persuasion, respect, science, The Federalist, Thomas Jefferson}

At the Foundations of Science: Respect and Seeking to Understand

_{Sarah Chaffee
September 20, 2017

Culture, Scientific Freedom

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I've been reading the correspondence of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams — with its interesting argument by Jefferson for design in nature as a scientific inference. Read More ›