02Jun 2024 by Post

On Tobacco, Technocracy Has a Clever New Idea

Australia, Brookline, cancer, cocaine, Culture & Ethics, European Union, fentanyl, fossil fuels, global warming, hard drugs, health emergency, Malaysia, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, meat, Medicine, meth, New England Journal of Medicine, New Zealand, nicotine, Norway, Oregon, Philippines, Singapore, smoking, technocracy, THC, Tobacco Free Generation
Is tobacco just the first villain to be punished by a growing technocracy that seeks to limit freedom based on an ever-expanding definition of “health”? Source
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23May 2024 by Post

How the Public Health Establishment Squandered Our Trust

Anthony Fauci, COVID-19, Culture & Ethics, Francis Collins, Great Barrington Declaration, Human Genome Project, Jay Bhattacharya, lockdowns, Martin Kulldorff, media, Medicine, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, National Review, pandemic, public health, Sunetra Gupta, vaccination, Wuhan Institute of Virology
The Covid pandemic was devastating, not only for society generally, but also to the reputations of our once-trusted health agencies. Source
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09May 2024 by Post

Assuming Design, Researchers Achieve a Breakthrough in Understanding Circulatory System

age, BIO-Complexity, biology, blood, blood vessels, circulatory system, Evolution, evolutionary theory, Gheorghe Pop, Gregory Sloop, heart, hematocrit, Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, Intelligent Design, John St. Cyt, Medicine, Netherlands, Radboud University Medical Center, red blood cells, Reductionism, Research, researchers, shear stress, sports anemia
The authors also explain how the standard evolutionary framework misdirected earlier researchers. Source
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26Apr 2024 by Post

Bioethicists Want to Rule the World!

abortion, Anglicans, anti-racism, assisted suicide, bioethicists, bioethics, carbon tax, Catholicism, cease-fire, Culture & Ethics, DEI, disability, embryonic stem cells, equity, experts, Gaza, gender, gobbledygook, Hastings Center Report, health, human cloning, Impact Ethics, indigeneity, lawyers, MDs, medical conscience, Medicine, philosophers, pro-life, Progressive Ideology, Race, Second Amendment, sexuality, technocracy, university professors, Vardit Ravitsky, woke ideology
It seems to me that the best approach to the policy opinions of mainstream bioethicists is to consider the source, shrug, and carry on. Source
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27Mar 2024 by Post

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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21Mar 2024 by Post

A Philosopher Investigates Near-Death Experiences

atheists, brain, Bruce Greyson, cancel culture, cardiac patients, death, dementia, dissertation, dying, Gary Habermas, imminent death, Kristle Merzlock, Mark Shelvock, medical interventions, Medicine, Minding the Brain, Monika Mandoki, near-death experiences, Neuroscience & Mind, philosophers, Psychology Today, Research, terminal lucidity, University of Western Ontario
Monika Mandoki did not experience efforts to get her canceled. That may be for several reasons. Source
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09Mar 2024 by Post

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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