Tag: stem cells

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 30, 2023

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, Animal Rights, animal welfare, Bioethics, biotechnology, censorship, Culture of Death, do harm medicine, embryonic stem cell research, environmentalism, Euthanasia, evidence-based medicine, fetal farming, gender affirming care, gender dysphoria, gender ideology, genetic engineering, Halloween, horror movie, horror stories, human exceptionalism, human rights, medicine, nature rights, organ harvesting, patient rights, science-based medicine, stem cells, synthetic embryo, Terri Schiavo}

Frightening Abuses of Science: A Conversation with Wesley J. Smith

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October 30, 2023

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Experiments on the living unborn. Organ harvesting. Reckless biotech. Radical environmentalism. These are not horror stories playing at your local movie theater. They're playing out in labs, hospitals, and institutes across America. On this episode of ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid speaks with bioethicist Wesley J. Smith about frightening abuses of science being done in the name of progress. In this unnerving exchange, Smith discusses examples of biotechnology that are advancing faster than our ethical considerations, including synthetic human embryos, genetic engineering, and fetal farming. He unpacks recent attempts by environmental activists to give rights to non-living things like rivers and oceans. He explains the difference between animal rights and animal welfare, while exposing the animal rights campaign as an anti-human movement that inhibits human flourishing. Smith also discusses the latest fronts in the gender ideology crusade, and how the rush to affirm gender dysphoria in children is causing tremendous harm to our society. And before the nightmare ends, Smith explains the pernicious push from evidence-based medicine to "science-based medicine," a strategy that encourages censorship and totalitarian governance of the scientific enterprise. Read More ›

Beautiful dragonfly sitting on flower in a summer garden

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 8, 2020

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, __edited, antibiotics, Bacteria, biomimetics, Butterflies, cicadas, foresight, fruit flies, Intelligent Design, sea skaters, stem cells}

Intricate Optimized Insect Designs – via Evolution?

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July 8, 2020

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On this episode of ID the Future, host Andrew McDiarmid draws on an essay at Evolution News & Science Today to explore some intricate optimized insect designs that are inspiring human engineers and raise the question, could evolution have done that? Cicadas and dragonflies use an exquisitely engineered “bed of nails” on their wings to disarm and neutralize bacteria. Butterflies and bird feathers also use this trick. There are fruit flies that have multiple navigation systems, complete with error correction for hard turns. And the sea skater insect is able to walk on water and launch itself explosively thanks to an impressive combination of engineering marvels. Did evolution really bring all those design factors together? Or was something else required Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 7, 2018

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, __edited, equal rights, human cloning, human equality, human exceptionalism, human rights, moral agency, moral duties, moral worth, slavery, stem cells}

Wesley J. Smith: Human Cloning, Human Exceptionalism, Human Rights (and Wrongs)

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November 7, 2018

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On this episode of ID the Future, Dean Abbott hosts Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley J. Smith in a conversation about human cloning, human exceptionalism, and human rights. Smith explains some of the reasons behind the drive toward human cloning, and places the error of that thinking in historic context of some of the worst ethical mistakes humans have made down through history. It’s all about forgetting who we are as human beings.