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Is It Time to Rethink Darwinian Evolution?

Matt Fradd interviews Stephen C. Meyer about why he abandoned secular materialism for Christian theism, centering on questions of meaning, morality, and reason. Meyer argues that a purely naturalistic universe cannot give lasting significance to human lives or achievements, which he links to a wider crisis of meaning. If our minds are products of unguided evolution plus matter alone, we Read More ›

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Prenatal Ultrasound Examination: A close-up, professional shot reveals a pregnant woman undergoing a detailed prenatal ultrasound scan, highlighting the advanced medical technology
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Bioethicists Argue That an Unborn Baby Is Merely a “Gestator’s” Body Part

Anyone paying attention knows that the medical establishment does not believe in any restriction on abortion, and moreover, that it should be provided free anytime a woman wants to terminate a pregnancy. For example, a current editorial in The Lancet celebrates the editors’ view that more than 800 million women recently gaining better access to abortion, while decrying “barriers” such as waiting periods (and unstated, ultrasound imaging) that data shows, save the lives of unborn babies. Read More ›
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LA’s Skid Row a Painful Monument of “Housing First” Policy

Skid Row in Los Angeles stands as a stark example of what happens when ideology overrides reality. Spanning roughly fifty blocks, it is one of the most concentrated homeless zones in the United States, filled with people trapped in addiction and untreated, severe mental illness, often marked by psychosis — a loss of contact with reality. For years, Los Angeles has wrapped its homelessness policies in the language of empathy and housing justice. But Skid Row reveals a harsher truth. Read More ›
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Business woman reading newspaper in the morning
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Nothing Apocalyptic About AI, Let’s Stop the Headline Hype

Most media content about AI today read like supermarket tabloids…sensational, shallow, and often misleading. They can confuse more than they clarify. The reasons are many: clickbait incentives, genuine ignorance, and biased enthusiasm from those selling AI products. Most of the authors of these articles have never taken a foundational computer science course, have never written code, and have never run AI software. Here are a dozen tips for detecting fake and misleading articles about artificial intelligence. Read More ›