30Aug 2022 by Post

“Anything Goes” Reproduction Gathers Steam

BioEdge, bioethics, biotechnology, Brave New World, cosmetic surgery, dystopia, egg cells, embryos, experimentation, Human Fertilisation and Embryo Authority, illness, lifestyle, medical professionals, Medicine, public opinion, restorative procedures, science, selective reduction, stem cells, The Guardian, United Kingdom
Medicine isn’t just about curing illness anymore. It is also a resource facilitating lifestyle enablement and the fulfillment of subjective personal desires. Source
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22Aug 2022 by Post

Cyclic Universe Can’t Avoid a Cosmic Beginning

Big Bang, Big Crunch, Brian Koberlein, cosmology, cyclic universe, fluctuations, gravitational waves, infinity, inflationary theory, James Webb Space Telescope, mathematics, Paul J. Steinhardt, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, Princeton University, Roger Penrose, Sabine Hossenfelder, science, Standard Model, universe
The recent flutter over whether the James Webb Space Telescope’s data stream is a plus or a minus for the Big Bang raised interesting cosmological issues. Source
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21Aug 2022 by Post

Pro-Abortion Absolutism and Its Consequences

abortion, Abortion Care Guideline, absolutists, after-birth abortion, bioethics, Christian florist, Colorado, embryonic stem cell research, embryos, ethcis, faith, fetus, Groningen protocol, human beings, Journal of Medical Ethics, Medicine, Netherlands, Peter Singer, pregnancy, public policy, rights, science, Second Amendment, The New England Journal of Medicine, unborn, Vermont, World Health Organization
Abortion absolutism is a radical departure from the once well-accepted idea that nascent human beings — at least at some level — deserve respect and protection. Source
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16Aug 2022 by Post

Assessing Denis Noble’s (Non-ID) Critique of Darwinism

biology, Clarence Williams, Denis Noble, developmental genetics, DNA, embryo, Evolution, evolutionary biology, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, fruit fly, Gerd Müller, horse, horse fly, Intelligent Design, James Shapiro, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan Wells, Neo-Darwinism, Oxford 50, Raju Pookottil, Royal Society, science, Susan Mazur, Third Way of Evolution, Why Evolution Is True, Zombie Science
No matter what we do to the DNA of a fruit fly embryo, there are only three possible outcomes: a normal fruit fly, a defective fruit fly, or a dead fruit fly. Source
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13Aug 2022 by Post

What Is It Like to Be a Bee?

Alun Anderson, Antonio Damasio, BBC, bees, Catherine Wilson, consciousness, dancers, Dogs, dopamine, insect rights, intelligence, James Shapiro, Lars Chittka, materialism, Neuroscience & Mind, New Scientist, panpsychism, Princeton University Press, science, sensation, The Mind of a Bee, The Scientist, University of Chicago, USC, waggle dance
What, exactly, does “consciousness” or “feel and think” mean when applied to a bee? This usage is no remote outpost. Source
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