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Bright Idea: Put Scientists in Charge Instead?

Could scientists and advocates of scientism really make a worse hash of things than the politicians? Read More ›
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Photo: Charles Darwin, in a scene from The War on Humans (screenshot).

Listen: Darwinism, Bioethics, and Human Rights

Wesley Smith explains why we need to take the threat of the anti-humanism movement seriously. Read More ›
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Thanksgiving in the Light of Darwin’s Vision

I first heard of what’s being called a Great Reset just a couple of weeks ago. It sounded like a conspiracy theory, but it’s far from that. Read More ›
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Photo: A scene from The War on Humans.

Smith: Personhood for Animals? What About Plants?

Bioethicist Wesley Smith examines the meaning of the term “personhood” and its implications for human rights. Read More ›
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Photo: Wesley J. Smith, in a scene from The War on Humans, via Discovery Institute.

Wesley Smith: An Anti-Human Movement

A good and worthwhile conservation movement is being corrupted, and this hurts humans, especially in the developing world and among marginalized groups. Read More ›
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Ethicist Protests Politicized Science — Alas, That Horse Left the Barn Long Ago

It is all about the costs of getting on the wrong side of the power structure. To say that this “chills” debate about scientific issues is an understatement. Read More ›
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When “Science” Becomes a Cult

The problem comes when, in order to win our acceptance, double-talk is used to pretend that a cult is something other than what it is. Read More ›
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Why Intelligent Design Had to Be the First to Face the Guillotine

In Wesley J. Smith’s phrase, in the present cultural moment, we have witnessed “the French Revolution attacking the American Revolution.” Read More ›
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Elk Goes Down; Darwin Breathes a Sigh of Relief

What is the evolutionary argument against unapologetic racism and the supremacy of whatever race can climb to the top? Read More ›
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Suicide by Zoom — Technology and Dehumanization

“We are always told that ‘strict guidelines will protect against abuse.’ It’s always been baloney.” Read More ›

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