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Meyer discusses the recent loss of his mother to dementia. Talking about grief leads to a powerful point, that may be unfamiliar to many viewers. Source

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

21Apr 2024 by Post

The Panda’s Thumb: An Extraordinary Instance of Design?

Casey Luskin, design constraints, dexterity, efficiency, Engineering, Evolution, evolutionary processes, evolutionists, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, NOMA, non-overlapping magisteria, Panda's Thumb, philosophers, Podcast, precision, religion, science, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Jay Gould, theology, trade-offs

Optimizing a structure can sometimes come at the cost of certain design constraints. Source

25Mar 2024 by Post

Is Evolution’s “Third Way” Natural? (And Are We Allowed to Reference It?)

Andreas Wagner, Carl Hemple, creationism, Denis Noble, equivocation, Evolution, evolutionary biologists, Hemple’s Dilemma, Intelligent Design, James Shapiro, natural, naturalism, neo-Darwinian synthesis, philosophers, Plato, Platonic forms, Raju Pookottil, reality, supernatural, The Arrival of the Fittest, The Third Way, University of Zurich

As the body of evidence against the Darwinian model has grown ever larger, many scientists have started peeling off to look for other options. Source

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

10Mar 2024 by Post

The Incompatibility of Evolution and Design

bacterial flagellum, biology, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Complexity, Emily Reeves, Evolution, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, laws of nature, philosophers, Podcast, protein evolution, Rope Kojonen, Stephen Dilley, theologians

Though Dr. Rope Kojonen acknowledges the design of the flagellum, he credits a rigged evolutionary process with its creation. Source

22Feb 2024 by Post

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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