Tag: UNESCO

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
June 24, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, apes, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, chemistry, Christianity, Dante Alighieri, Darwinism, Erasmus Darwin, intelligence, intelligence tests, J. B. S. Haldane, J. R. R. Tolkien, John Milton, Lord Monboddo, Mars, Naomi Mitchison, Possible Worlds and Other Essays, race, science fiction, scientific racism, scientists, The Descent of Man, Third Reich, UNESCO}

The End of Scientific Racism

_{Daniel Witt
June 24, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

10}

J. B. S. Haldane initially subscribed to some of the racism of the era — but, to his credit, his views shifted over time as more evidence came to light. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
June 5, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, Alan Rayner, Albert Einstein, Antón Barba-Kay, Bertrand Russell, Charles Darwin, China, cooperation, COVID-19, Cultural Revolution, Denis Noble, Erasmus Darwin, eugenics, evolution, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Joana Xavier, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Dewey, Karl Marx, Marxism, mutationism, N. S. Lyons, Neo-Darwinism, On the Origin of Species, orthogenesis, Peter Corning, Stuart Kauffman, Synergism Hypothesis, UNESCO, world government, Zeitgeist}

Nature in the Image of Man: Introducing the New Social Darwinism

_{Daniel Witt
June 5, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Life Sciences

16}

Always, the initial social/intellectual change has come first, and the scientific paradigm shift has followed after. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 28, 2024

Categories
Archaeology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, algorithms, anthropologists, archaeologists, camelids, design detection, design filter, geoglyphs, graffiti, historians, history, humanoids, intelligent design, Leiden University, New Scientist, Peru, PNAS, The New Scientist, UNESCO}

Using AI to Discover Intelligent Design

_{David Coppedge
October 28, 2024

Archaeology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

7}

Hundreds of faint archaeological geoglyphs were found by training AI on aerial photographs of the Nazca plain in Peru. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 10, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ancestors, archeology, cave art, Czech Republic, David Coppedge, Howard University, human origins, humans, intelligence, Neanderthals, Racism, ravens, sexism, UNESCO, University of Tübingen, whiteness}

Our Ancestors Are Evolving, Just to Keep Up!

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 10, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

4}

Negative biases about our forebears have long been part of science, education, and popular culture. Why? Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 10, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Science
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Center for Science and Culture, coercion, education, eugenics, forced sterilization, girls, Jordan, nuclear weapons, science, UNESCO, United Nations, Wesley J. Smith, women}

Celebrate Science? Of Course, But…

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 10, 2017

Bioethics, Science, Science Education

3}

Today is the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Science Day for Peace and Development. Read More ›

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Date
October 18, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Being as Communion, Carl Sagan, DNA, extraterrestrial intelligence, genetic code, H.G. Wells, information, music, pareidolia, Sarah Chaffee, storage, The Time Machine, UNESCO, Voyager Golden Record, William A. Dembski}

If No One Can Play It, Is It Music?

_{Science and Culture
October 18, 2017

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

8}

Archiving music in DNA for future generations sounds promising, as long as the playback directions are not forgotten. Read More ›