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Aerial photo of mix color of stream in to river
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Wesley J. Smith
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April 17, 2024
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Environment
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Utah Goes Up Against “Nature Rights”

Utah is the fourth state — the others are Ohio, Florida, and Idaho — restricting rights to the human realm where they belong.
Wesley J. Smith
April 17, 2024
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Environment
Indeed, it is our obligation as humans to benefit from the earth’s bounties in responsible ways. But nature rights would stifle our ability to thrive and shrivel the principle of human rights. Read More ›
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In vitro image of a human fetus in the womb
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News
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February 10, 2021
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Ethics, Medicine and Health
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When Does “Human-ness” Really Begin?

Jonathan Wells notes that issues around “personhood” are now purely semantic, especially when the case is being made that many animals are persons too
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February 10, 2021
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Ethics, Medicine and Health

In last week’s podcast, “Jonathan Wells on Why a Baby Should Live,” neurosurgeon Michael Egnor interviewed molecular and cell biologist Jonathan Wells on that topic, which he has discussed in articles at Evolution News and Science Today: (here and here). It’s becoming a hot topic now that a bill to protect babies born alive from abortions from being killed or left to die was recently defeated in the Senate. At the heart of the issue is the conflict between those who believe that all human beings have a right to life and those who believe that children do not have a right to live before they are self-aware. In unpacking the issues, Egnor and Wells turned to the question of Read More ›

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In-vitro image of a human fetus
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Jonathan Wells and Michael Egnor
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February 4, 2021
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Jonathan Wells on Why a Baby Should Live

Jonathan Wells and Michael Egnor
February 4, 2021
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Why should a baby live? That’s the question that Michael Egnor and Jonathan Wells discuss on today’s episode. Listen in as they cover the philosophical arguments made for abortion and infanticide, the question of personhood, our current understanding of a fetus’ ability to feel pain in the womb, and the future of Roe v. Wade. Show Notes Additional Resources

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Character from Detroit: Become Human with blue chemical on face disintegratingn
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Adam Nieri
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February 15, 2019
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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture, Technocracy
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A Closer Look at Detroit: Become Human, Part I

Gaming culture provides a window into our culture’s assumptions about artificial intelligence
Adam Nieri
February 15, 2019
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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture, Technocracy

In the game, Detroit has transcended its current economic despair, emerging as the epicenter of the android revolution. Cyberlife, headquartered there, has become the first company to engineer and produce fully autonomous, general purpose AI androids for consumers.

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News
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January 8, 2019
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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind
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Consciousness Studies Is a “Bizarre” Field of Science

The question of whether machines can be conscious is bound up with attempts to study immaterial things while denying their existence
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January 8, 2019
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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind
The person who is trying to build consciousness into a machine has only a human model so he is trying to build a little human into the machine. He cannot do so but he can try to make himself and others believe that he has done it. Read More ›