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Totalitarianism

Totalitarian Science: Past, Present, and Future?

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

We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident

On Independence Day, it's appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. Read More ›
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Don’t Fear the Robots; Fear the Robot Philosophers

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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Rights Are Not about “Feelings”

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

At the Foundations of Science: Respect and Seeking to Understand

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 ›

We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident

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

Fordham Institute and Discovery Institute Agree: Texas High School Evolution Standards Are Good for Students

What? Did Dr. Lawrence Lerner forget to have his coffee one morning and miss something? Read More ›
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US Constitution and Declaration of Independence on the American Flag
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Try to Imagine Our Country’s Founding if the Founders Had Not Been Advocates of Intelligent Design

In the absence of a common designer, the presumption of human dignity and quality has no anchor -- it's just wishful thinking. Read More ›

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