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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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transhumanism

technology
That Hideous Strength
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Peter Biles
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June 19, 2023
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Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
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At the Altar of that Hideous Strength

Peter Biles
June 19, 2023
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology
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C. S. Lewis's classic science fiction tale is about the temptation to reject being human. Read More ›
Bruegel’s Tower of Babel
The Tower of Babel, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Berlinski
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June 5, 2023
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Evolution
Physical Sciences
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Science After Babel: An Exercise in Self-Criticism

David Berlinski
June 5, 2023
Evolution, Physical Sciences
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Until the day before yesterday, the imperial architects of the scientific revolution were well satisfied and sleek as seals. Read More ›
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Peter Biles
Date
April 27, 2023
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Bioethics
Scientific Freedom
Technology
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Here’s Another Transhumanist Dream Come True — Revisiting Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451

Peter Biles
April 27, 2023
Bioethics, Scientific Freedom, Technology
5
Despite all the transhumanist predictions of the Singularity, it’s hard to dismiss the fact that to a certain degree we’ve already merged with our machines. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
April 27, 2023
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Bioethics
Medicine
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We’re Seeing the First Wave of Applied Transhumanism

Wesley J. Smith
April 27, 2023
Bioethics, Medicine
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OK. Let’s get real. Most of the morphological transformations for which transhumanists yearn will almost surely never come to pass. Read More ›
Transhumanists
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Peter Biles
Date
February 15, 2023
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Applied Sciences
Bioethics
Evolution
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Humans Have Limits. Transhumanists Want to Overcome Them

Peter Biles
February 15, 2023
Applied Sciences, Bioethics, Evolution, Technology
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Transhumanism, arguably an offshoot of neo-Darwinism, is set on envisioning the next grand step of human evolution. Read More ›
artificial intelligence
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
February 2, 2023
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The Fantasy of Living Forever in a Computer

Wesley J. Smith
February 2, 2023
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology
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If eternal life is attainable, it will be found by working on one’s soul in faith, not by developing ever-more-advanced AI computers. Read More ›
Thomas Malthus
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Neil Thomas
Date
January 16, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Old Wine in New Bottles: How Darwin Recruited Malthus to Fortify a Failed Idea from Antiquity

Neil Thomas
January 16, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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It was undoubtedly a tremendous philosophical coup for Darwin whose knowledge of formal philosophy was limited. Read More ›
Dante
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David Klinghoffer
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October 31, 2022
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John Lennox: Dante, Glaucus, and Transhumanism

David Klinghoffer
October 31, 2022
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology
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Meanwhile, the will to become gods — transhumanism in a nutshell — still beckons with its ancient glamour. Read More ›

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