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Date
October 7, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
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, __k-review, 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
, __k-review, 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
, __k-review, 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
, __k-review, 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
, __k-review, 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 ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
July 4, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Bill Gates, Charles Darwin, Declaration of Independence, DNA, faith and science, Founders, George Gaylord Simpson, Independence Day, intelligent design, John Adams, nature, Thomas Jefferson, Watson and Crick}

We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident

_{Stephen C. Meyer
July 4, 2017

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
Casey Luskin

Date
March 1, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwinism, education, evolution, Indivisble, intelligent design, Jay Richards, Stephen Meyer, TEKS, Texas, Thomas Jefferson}

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

_{Casey Luskin
March 1, 2012

Evolution, Science Education

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What? Did Dr. Lawrence Lerner forget to have his coffee one morning and miss something? Read More ›

US Constitution and Declaration of Independence on the American Flag

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 29, 2012

Categories
Intelligent Design
Political Science
Tagged
, __nedited, Darwinism, darwinist, Declaration of Independence, endowed by their creator, human rights, Indivisble, intelligent design, Jay Richards, Jerry Coyne, John Gray, materialism, natural law, Politics, secularism, Skeptico, skeptics, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Jefferson}

Try to Imagine Our Country’s Founding if the Founders Had Not Been Advocates of Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
February 29, 2012

Intelligent Design, Political Science

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