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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 11, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __cedited, atheism, bananas, chimpanzees, Google, Heaven, Homo Deus, Homo sapiens, Israel, Jerusalem, meditation, Oxford University, Ray Kurzweil, religion, Singularity, smartphone, The Singularity is Near, Toronto, transhumanism, Wesley Smith, Wikipedia, Yuval Noah Harari}

For Transhumanists, a Dawning Realization

_{David Klinghoffer
December 11, 2018

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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New religions aren’t necessarily founded already knowing that that is what they are destined to become. Read More ›

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Date
December 2, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
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, __edited, adults, babies, human cloning, ID the Future, manufacturing, podcast, Research, scientists, Wesley Smith}

Wesley J. Smith: Human Cloning, Hidden Under Jargon

_{Science & Culture
December 2, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Ethical constraints still depend only on scientists’ restraint — a “thin reed to stand on.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 7, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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, __cedited, anthropology, biological origins, Darwinism, human cloning, humans, ID the Future, intelligent design, utilitarianism, Wesley Smith}

Intelligent Design and Its Anthropology

_{David Klinghoffer
November 7, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Darwinian evolution and intelligent design are competing theories of biological origins, but they are more than that. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 5, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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, __cedited, Africans, animal rights, Bronx Zoo, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, clergy, Darwinism, frivolous lawsuits, Happy (elephant), human rights, Human Zoos, Monkey House, New York Post, Nonhuman Rights Project, Ota Benga, scientific racism, Tree of Life, Wesley Smith, writ of habeas corpus}

On Human and Animal Rights, the Twisted Course of Evolutionary “Philosophy”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 5, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Wesley Smith commented earlier on the struggle, via litigation by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NRP), to grant human-like “rights” to an elephant in the Bronx Zoo. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
September 6, 2018

Categories
Environment & Climate
Life Sciences
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, __cedited, Ann Reid, data, debate, EPA, evolution, inquiry, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Nature (journal), policy, science, skeptics, Wesley Smith}

Rigorous Inquiry and Ruffled Feathers

_{Sarah Chaffee
September 6, 2018

Environment & Climate, Life Sciences

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The NCSE is troubled, but this just sounds like solid science. I’m all for critical analysis of data, evaluating conclusions, and rigorous scientific inquiry. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 20, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
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, __cedited, Alfred Russel Wallace, black holes, Charles Darwin, evidence, evolution, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, intelligent design, just-so stories, Michael Flannery, Mike Keas, Nature's Prophet, Overruling Intelligence, podcast, principle of utility, Wesley Smith}

Wallace Broke with Darwin Over Human Exceptionalism

_{David Klinghoffer
August 20, 2018

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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Alfred Russel Wallace reasoned his way to affirmation of an “Overruling Intelligence” — intelligent design by another name — at work in the long history of life. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 16, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __cedited, "survival of the fittest", Alfred Russel Wallace, architecture, Charles Darwin, consciousness, Darwinian theory, evolution, exaptation, human beings, ID the Future, intelligence, Kenneth Miller, Michael Flannery, Mike Keas, natural selection, podcast, Richard Lewontin, Stephen Jay Gould, textbook, The Human Instinct, Wesley Smith}

Human Exceptionalism — An Evolutionary Dilemma

_{David Klinghoffer
July 16, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Scientific Reasoning

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Following Darwin, with an assist from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin, Ken Miller proposes that human reason, consciousness, etc. are exaptations, or “spandrels.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 28, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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, __cedited, artificial intelligence, Bible, civilization, contagion, Europe, Henry Kissinger, machines, metal, paper, Politics, printing press, Reformation, religion, René Girard, silicon, Spain, The Atlantic, thought, Wesley Smith}

Kissinger and Girard on Artificial Intelligence

_{Michael Egnor
May 28, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Any genuine understanding of the impact AI will have (and is having) on humanity must begin with Girard. Read More ›

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Author
Rachel Adams

Date
May 2, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
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, __cedited, abortion, Alfie Evans, bacteria, C.S. Lewis, earth, Ebola, euthanasia, Forbes, genocide, Jonathan Witt, life, Marvel Cinematic Universe, National Review, Paul Ehrlich, technocracy, The Abolition of Man, The War on Humans, Wesley Smith}

Avengers: Infinity War — The Culture of Death Goes Galactic

_{Rachel Adams
May 2, 2018

Bioethics

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The archvillain's motivations are crystal clear, and very familiar if you know about the views on human population associated with Paul Ehrlich or, even more so, Eric Pianka. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
March 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Psychology
Tagged
, __cedited, Auschwitz, Australopithecus, cells, chimpanzees, David Barash, DNA, Frankenstein, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, humans, hybridization, Mary Shelley, National Institutes of Health, Nautilus, Nazi, primates, religion, Richard Dawkins, Richard Weikart, The Guardian, University of Washington, Wesley Smith}

David Barash’s Proposal — Something Wicked This Way Comes

_{Ann Gauger
March 10, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Psychology

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With a proposal for human/chimp hybrids, evolutionist David Barash vents his rage against religion. Read More ›