13Dec 2021 by Post

Bioethicists Okay Human Extinction to Eliminate Suffering

asteroid, Christianity, Culture & Ethics, eugenics, euthanasia, extinction, Hilary Greaves, human extinction, Humanize, Joni Eareckson Tada, Journal of Medical Ethics Blog, nihilists, Oxford University, Physics, Earth & Space, Roger Crisp, Social Darwinism, Suffering, transhumanism, University of Calgary, Walter Glannon, Will MacAskill
A few months ago, Oxford professor Roger Crisp opined that we might not want to stop a huge asteroid from hitting the Earth. Source
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29May 2021 by Post

Can LSD Help Us Understand the Mind–Brain Relationship?

Aldous Huxley, brain, brain injuries, consciousness, Cornell University, Ferdinand Schiller, fMRI, forgetfulness, functional magnetic resonance imaging, hypnosis, Ian Sample, LSD, matter, mind, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, Oxford University, psychedelic drugs, The Guardian
Aldous Huxley noted that LSD “lowers the efficiency of the brain as an instrument for focusing the mind on the problems of life.” Source
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03Nov 2020 by Post

A Contest More Consequential than a U.S. Election? Yes! John Lennox Explains

Against the Tide, Atheism, Communism, documentary, Eastern Europe, election, Evolution, Faith & Science, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, John Lennox, Kevin Sorbo, Oxford University, Podcast, rationality, Stephen Meyer, United States, Worldview
Lennox tells about discovering the damage an atheist worldview does. He saw it firsthand in Communist Eastern Europe, and he saw what it does to rationality. Source
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01Nov 2020 by Post

Against the Tide: John Lennox on the New Atheism

C.S. Lewis, Cambridge University, Christianity, debates, Discovery Institute, documentary, Faith & Science, family, ID The Future, John Lennox, mathematicians, New Atheism, Northern Ireland, Oxford University, Peter Atkins, Podcast, Richard Dawkins, scientific atheism, Sold Out, Stephen Meyer, theaters, tickets
The movie will be in theaters for three nights only in November, and will feature a conversation between Dr. Lennox and Stephen Meyer following the screening. Source
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23Oct 2020 by Post

Against the Tide: Oxford’s John Lennox Describes Kinship with C. S. Lewis

2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity, Against the Tide, Alvin Plantinga, atheists, C.S. Lewis, Cambridge University, Christianity, Discovery Institute, England, faith, Faith & Science, John Lennox, Lennox Q&A, mathematics, naturalism, Northern Ireland, Oxford University, philosophy, Philosophy of Science, rationality, science, science fiction, Stephen Meyer, That Hideous Strength, Thomas Nagel
"I owe him an immense amount because although he wasn’t a scientist, he understood science. He understood the implications and the philosophy of science." Source
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