Utah Versus Nature Rights

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Utah is the fourth state — the others are Ohio, Florida, and Idaho — restricting rights to the human realm where they belong. Source
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Beware of the “Right to Health”

Anthony Fauci, biodiversity, climate change, colonialism, Culture & Ethics, discrimination, fossil fuels, health, human rights, inequalities, inequities, international law, marginalization, Medicine, pandemic, policy imperialism, right to health, slavery, Sustainable Development Goals, technocracy, The Lancet, United Nations, World Health Organization
Health and wellness are becoming the primary justifications for international technocracy, or “rule by experts.” Source
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The Humanity and Personhood of an Embryo

Alabama Supreme Court, biology, colon, Culture & Ethics, death, doctors, egg, embryos, fetuses, human beings, human rights, ideology, in vitro fertilization, independence, IVF, Judeo-Christian tradition, Medicine, newborn baby, newborns, personhood, petri dish, pregnancy, reproduction, right to life, sentience, sperm, Steven Novella, womb, Yale University, zygotes
A sperm and an egg separately constitute a potential human. But when they unite, the result is a human being from the moment of fertilization. Source
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Data Can Appear in Science Journals — Out of Thin Air

Almas Heshmati, autofill, Culture & Ethics, data, econometricians, Economics, Elsevier, Excel, Gary Smith, imputation, Jönköping University, Journal of Clean Energy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Mike Tsionas, Netherlands, New Zealand, Physics, Earth & Space, Retraction Watch, science journals, statistical peculiarities, Søren Johansen, United Kingdom, United States, University of Copenhagen, Zoom
While many researchers decried the results, University of Copenhagen econometrician Søren Johansen said something worth pondering. Source
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Reply to Free Will Deniers: Show Me

auto accident, behavior, Belief, brains, Chemistry, choice, Clarence Darrow, Culture & Ethics, Darwinian evolution, deterministic free will, faith, free will, free will deniers, ham sandwich, human beings, Jerry Coyne, LARPing, Ludwig Wittgenstein, materialists, Meaning, Neuroscience & Mind, parking lot, philosophers, physics, physiology, Politics, rain, Robert Sapolsky, Sam Harris, Stephen Cave, The Blue Book
If you carelessly dent a genuine free will denier’s car in a parking lot, he wouldn’t hold you responsible any more than he’d hold your car responsible. Source
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Leading Bioethics Journal Pathologizes Pregnancy

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The views expressed are consistent with the increasing anti-natalism seen lately in philosophy and bioethics. Source
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Deep Fakes and Propaganda for Artificial General Intelligence

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The video shows a supposed table tennis match between a robot and a top human player. Yet the video is not of an actual match. Source
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