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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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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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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Adult Stem-Cell Cure for HIV?

adult stem cells, anti-science, blood, blood cancer, bone marrow, cancer, chemotherapy, consensus science, diseases, embryonic stem cells, gold standard, HIV, Life Sciences, media, Medicine, mutation, Paul Edmonds, Politicians, settled science, stem cells, stem-cell therapies, Stephen Forman, The New England Journal of Medicine
A “consensus science” that seeks to stifle open scientific inquiry and heterodox advocacy harms the scientific quest for truth. Source
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Leading Bioethics Journal Pathologizes Pregnancy

anti-humanism, anti-natalism, back pain, bioethics, bleeding gums, childbirth, civil rights, Culture & Ethics, disease, doctor, Gender Dysphoria, headaches, heartburn, indigestion, infertility, Journal of Medical Ethics, measles, Medicine, morning sickness, nipples, nosebleeds, pathogen, patient, pelvic pain, piles, pregnancy, recovery, sleep problems, stomach pain, stretch marks, swollen ankles, thrush, tiredness, vaginal bleeding, vaginal discharge, vomiting, weight gain
The views expressed are consistent with the increasing anti-natalism seen lately in philosophy and bioethics. Source
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Brain as a Quantum System: Theory Gets New Traction

Al Gore, anesthesiologists, Astonishing Hypothesis, behavior, Bill Clinton, birds, brain tissue, consciousness, Dorje C. Brody, Francis Crick, George Musser, human mind, internal compass, materialism, Medicine, neurons, Neuroscience & Mind, New Scientist, Orch Or Theory, organoids, proteins, Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation, quantum computation, Roger Penrose, Stuart Hameroff, Trinity College Dublin, University of Surrey
Hameroff and Penrose’s Orch Or Theory sees consciousness as the outcome of a quantum collapse of a wave function. Source
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This Is Science? Top Medical Journal Goes After…Capitalism

Australian National University, Big Fossil Fuels, capitalists, China, climate change, commercialism, Culture & Ethics, Economics, fossil fuels, free market, government, health, health equity, ideology, India, Iran, medical journals, Medicine, natural resources, Politics, progressive politics, prosperity, Sharon Friel, The Lancet, Turkey, Vietnam, wokeness
Having strived to transform global warming into a planetary health emergency, it has now published a screed attacking “commercialism” for killing the planet. Source
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Scientists Behaving Badly: Suppressing Intelligent Design Was Only the Start

activists, alarmism, Ann Gauger, cancel culture, censorship, climate change, climate disruption, climate science, Climate Uncertainty and Risk, ClimateGate, COVID-19, craziness, Denyse O'Leary, Education, Evolution News, free speech, funding, gatekeepers, Geology, global warming, Intelligent Design, Judith Curry, Medicine, misconduct, Peter Biles, Springer Nature, Wesley J. Smith
The best that each of us can do to fight back is to continue educating as many people as possible. Source
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