Tag: Virginia

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
August 25, 2025

Categories
History of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, agnosticism, Alfred Russel Wallace, Anselm, Anselm of Canterbury, atheism, Basil Willey, Brights, C. S. Lewis, causality, Charles Bradlaugh, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Christian Bandea, Daniel Dennett, Deborah Lavin, deism, Discovery Institute Press, Down House, ectoplasm, Edward Aveling, Enlightenment, Erasmus Darwin, False Messiah, Francis Bacon, ineffable, Jacques Monod, Karl Marx, Lamarckism, Lawrence Krauss, Leslie Stephen, Lisbon earthquake, logomachia, Louise Mabille, Marcus du Sautoy, Meister Eckhart, Moses Maimonides, natural selection, negative theology, New Atheists, Newtonianism, Noam Chomsky, Peter Vorzimmer, philosophy, phlogiston, Plato, problem of pain, Pyrrho, quantum physics, Robin Le Poidevin, Sextus Empiricus, Sigmund Freud, skepticism, Steve Taylor, The above consideration, Thomas Aquinas, truth, tsunami, Unmoved Mover, via negativa, Virginia, Werner Heisenberg, wortelos, wortlos}

Enlightened No More: Darwin as Prefiguration of Postmodern Man

_{Neil Thomas
August 25, 2025

History of Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Whether we like it or not, Erasmus Darwin’s simple and predictable world is no more, and we now find ourselves subject to a profoundly mysterious cosmos. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 21, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Al Gore, Alzheimer’s, assisted suicide, Charles Camosy, death, dementia, Democratic Party, media, Mississippi, parking lot, Politico, reporting, suicide, suicide clinic, Switzerland, Virginia}

Promoting a Suicide: Shame on Politico

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 21, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

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Throughout the story, big-time political consultant Hal Malchow’s planned suicide is depicted as empowering. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, cats, Dogs, domesticated animals, humans, moral value, Norfolk, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, slavery, suffering, Virginia}

Dead Pets: PETA’s Astonishing Kill Rate

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 8, 2024

Bioethics, Evolution

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PETA’s leadership may believe that some animals are better off dead than adopted by households that are non-vegan. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
May 18, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abscess, addiction, Bible, compassion, COVID-19, dehumanization, doctors, emergency room, Fort Worth, futile care, Greeks, human life, Human Zoos, medicine, MRI, Nuremberg trials, nurses, opioids, police, Romans, Social Darwinism, Texas, Tufts University, Vaccines, Virginia, Wesley Smith}

When Medical Science Becomes Heartless: The Case of Joshua Smith

_{John G. West
May 18, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

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This might be a good time to take stock of those you rely on for your medical care. How much do you know about your doctors? Read More ›

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Date
February 28, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, book reviews, books, Center for Science and Culture, culture, Discovery Institute, George W. Bush, Goldilocks, intelligent design, Marvin Olasky, New York City, public policy, science, Steve Buri, The King’s College, Virginia, World Magazine}

Marvin Olasky Joins Discovery Institute as New Senior Fellow

_{Science and Culture
February 28, 2022

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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“I’ve long admired Discovery’s courageous work on intelligent design,” said Olasky. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 9, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alan Campbell, debate, intelligent design, National Public Radio, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Virginia}

Listen: Stephen Meyer on NPR’s “Watching America”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 9, 2021

Intelligent Design

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Yes, that’s right, National Public Radio, not a place you'd normally expect to be friendly to intelligent design Read More ›

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Date
February 3, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Cal Covert, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Black Box, Discovery Institute, Eric Metaxas, Facebook, intelligent design, John West, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, Nota Bene, Secrets of the Cell with Michael Behe, Silver Ridge Productions, Socrates in the City, video series, Virginia}

Coming on Darwin Day, a New Video Series — Secrets of the Cell with Michael Behe

_{Science and Culture
February 3, 2020

Intelligent Design

4}

The cell is what biochemist Michael Behe has called evolution’s “black box,” its spectacularly complex, superbly designed contents unknown to Charles Darwin. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, Abraham Lincoln, Amazon River, animal rights, cattle, Civil War, elephants, fauna, flora, humankind, Jonah Goldberg, National Review, nature rights, rivers, Robert E. Lee, Virginia, writ of habeas corpus}

Why the Animal/Nature Rights vs. Human Duties Distinction Matters

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 10, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

5}

Says Jonah Goldberg, “One cheer (and maybe two) for non-human personhood.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 31, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, authoritarianism, doctors, families, futile care theory, law, medical futility, patients, Virginia}

Medical Coercion Comes to Virginia?

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 31, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Futile care theory (as I call it) or medical futility allows doctors to unilaterally refuse wanted life-sustaining treatment based on the physician’s values. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 27, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Political Science
Tagged
, __k-review, alt-right, Bronx Zoo, Charlottesville, Discovery Institute, evolution, history, Human Zoos, John West, journalism, Monkey House, Oregon, Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Ota Benga, Portland, Racism, science, Virginia}

Human Zoos — An Untold Story, Until Now

_{David Klinghoffer
October 27, 2017

Bioethics, Evolution, Political Science

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Director and writer John West was interviewed by the Oregon Documentary Film Festival and he tells how he learned of the subject matter himself. Read More ›