The Nigerian Experiment: Social Darwinism in Practice

Benjamin Kidd, Benjamin Wiker, Christianity, Christians, Darwin Comes to Africa, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Darwinists, Europe, Evolution, Faith & Science, Flora Lugard, Frederick Lugard, Fulani, Galton Chair of Eugenics, Great Britain, Islam, John West, Karl Pearson, livestock, Lord Salisbury, Nazi Germany, New Testament, Nigeria, Nigerians, Northern Nigeria, Olufemi Oluniyi, Racism, Richard Weikart, scientific racisim, scripture, Sir Charles Eliot, Social Darwinism, United States, University College London, William MacGregor, Yoruba
In the late 19th century, Great Britain, the United States, and twelve European nations got together and divided Africa up among themselves. Source
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How Far Will Experiments on the Unborn Go?

anthropomorphizing, artificial gestation, bioethics, Cell Press, China, egg, embryo, embryonic stem cell research, embryos, ethics, fetus, human embryos, IVF, miscarriages, MIT Technology Review:, organoids, pregnancy, Spain, Stem Cell Research, unborn children, United Kingdom, United States, uterine lining, uterus, Vermont, women
We have been told by some bioethicists that a born baby is no different morally than a fetus, so why stop there? Source
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Free Will vs. the Totalitarian Temptation

Alain Aspect, Anton Zeilinger, atheists, Benjamin Libet, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, ethics, free will, J.D. Vance, John F. Clauser, logic, meat puppets, Michael Egnor, Minority Report, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, neuroscientists, physics, readiness potential, Robert Sapolsky, Sam Harris, Soviet Union, Stanford University, The Immortal Mind, totalitarianism, United States, Wilder Penfield, Yuval Noah Harari
If our thoughts and choices really are wholly determined, well then what follows? Source
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On Intelligent Design, Wikipedia Hedges, While Grokipedia Tells (Whoa!) the Truth

Artificial Intelligence, bias, Discovery Institute, Elon Musk, encyclopedias, Evolution, facts, fine-tuning, Grok, Grokipedia, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Intelligent Design, Jarvis, Larry Sanger, Nine Theses, Philosophy of Science, pseudoscience, Reece Rogers, think tank, United States, Wikipedia, William Dembski, Wired
There is still plenty of time for Grok to be infiltrated by all kinds of bias and it would certainly be wise to keep checking back. Source
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Medical Journal Screed Decries All Fetal Personhood Laws

abortion, bioethics, black babies, demagoguery, doctors, Dorothy Roberts, drug addiction, ectopic pregnancy, embryology, fetal homicide, fetal personhood, fetus, Killing the Black Body, medical conditions, Medicine, miscarriages, pregnancy, Pro lifers, pro-life laws, racists, slaveholders, slavery, substance abusers, The New England Journal of Medicine, unborn children, United States, Vermont
The authors imply that laws that protect unborn children are racist. But pro-lifers want more black babies born and protected from harm, not fewer. Source
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French Authors Say Science Points to God; Scientists Listen

Atheism, Atheists Finding God, Ben Spencer, Big Bang, Christof Koch, cosmic microwave background radiation, cosmology, Daniel Dennett, Edward Feser, English, Ex-Skeptic (podcast), Faith & Science, France, Galen Strawson, genome, God the Science the Evidence, Intelligent Design, James Shapiro, Jana Harmon, materialists, Michel-Yves Bolloré, Nobel Prize, Olivier Bonnassies, origin of the universe, panpsychism, physics, quantum mechanics, relativity, Robert Wilson, Roman Catholics, United States, universe
Computer engineer Michel-Yves Bolloré, a lifelong Catholic, and Olivier Bonnassies, who came late to faith, argue that the universe must have had a creator. Source
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Charlie Kirk and the Ultimate Form of Cancellation

86 47 (sticker), 9/11, americans, anniversary, Ben Shapiro, Bluesky, bus shelter, capitalists, Charlie Kirk, churches, city streets, conservative personalities, Culture, dialogue, ethics, expletive, free speech, gangster slang, graffiti, Jonathan Choe, madness, Nazis, neighborhood, public forums, rebranding, Scientific Freedom, Seattle, Seattle Central College, stickers, synagogues, United States, webinar, Zionist, Zoom
It's not just on college campuses. There are many public forums, including churches, synagogues, and city streets. Source
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Francis Collins Stands Up for DEI, High Overhead, and Unethical Research?

baby parts, censorship, COVID-19, Culture & Ethics, DEI, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, ethics, Evangelical Christians, federal funding, Francis Collins, free speech, government, Lincoln Memorial, mandates, National Institutes of Health, News Media, persecution, price gouging, progressives, racial discrimination, scientific research, secularists, Stand Up for Science, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, United States, __trending
At least Collins has made it harder to ignore his real agenda by appearing at this partisan political rally. Source
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