Nebraskans for Research recently released a critique of Wesley Smith and his affiliation with us, Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture. Their critique however, contained a number of factual errors that should be addressed. Error #1. Intelligent design is creationism The NFR document states, that intelligent design theory (ID) is, “the latest manifestation of anti-evolution creationism.” This is incorrect. Read More ›
Original article Jack Kevorkian shocked consciences and turned stomachs a few years ago when he advocated using assisted-suicide victims as subjects of medical experimentation, a process he planned to call “obitiatry.” Even though Kevorkian is now in prison in Michigan, it appears that his idea of medically experimenting on the bodies of dying people is gaining adherents in the bioethics Read More ›
If you want to catch a criminal or terrorist, does it make sense to “follow the money”? A “yes” answer makes sense if you can identify at least one of the individuals or institutions connected with the suspected wrongdoer. However, if you are trying to follow money flows in general or all money flows, it is not likely your work Read More ›
ABSTRACTRay Kurzweil, he really does say the craziest things. So crazy, in fact, that if he weren’t Ray Kurzweil, we might stop listening. Kurzweil, a computer technology genius and head of Kurzweil Technologies, an R&D technology company that specializes in Artificial Intelligence applications that include computer vision and speech recognition systems, has made a fortune showing the world just what Read More ›
Original article [Note: Tom Alberg is the acting chairman of the board of directors at the Discovery Institute.] Tom Alberg, one of the early investors in Amazon.com and a managing partner at Madrona Venture Group, is used to earning millions. But at Novelty Hill Winery, which he founded in 2000, he’s content with losing money while he learns how to Read More ›
I. Introduction In 2001, the Minnesota Court of Appeals reviewed the case of Rodney LeVake, a public school teacher who sought to enhance his school *1312 district’s required science curriculum by suggesting to students alternative viewpoints inconsistent with that curriculum. [FN1] This case, LeVake v. Independent School District, [FN2] should be of great interest to legal theorists. Its holding, and Read More ›
ABSTRACTAristotle, the inventor of biology, made final or teleological causation one of his four fundamental modes of explanation. Throughout the history of science, teleological modes of explanation have been employed quite commonly, most often in biology and in psychology and the other human sciences, but also in physics. In the modern period (by which I mean the sixteenth through the Read More ›
The animal-rights/liberation movement is living high on the hog these days. In the last election, for example, activists induced Florida voters to grant gestating sows a state constitutional right to be kept in a space large enough to turn around in. As a consequence, the two pig farms in the state that had used gestation crates to confine pregnant pigs Read More ›
This article, published by BreakPoint, mentions Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley Smith: According to Wesley Smith of the Discovery Institute, futile-care theory is one of the most dangerous topics [under discussion] in contemporary bioethics. The rest of the article can be found here.