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Wesley J. Smith
November 7, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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“Nature” Editorial Attacks Trump Because He Ignored “Scientific Consensus”

Wesley J. Smith
November 7, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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The idea that "science" and the supposed "scientific consensus" — which too often is really political consensus within the science establishment — are synonymous is causing tremendous harm to the scientific sector. But the science establishment keeps forging widespread public distrust by doubling down on the politics. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
November 5, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Rita Marker, the Great Anti-Assisted Suicide Champion, Has Died at 83

Wesley J. Smith
November 5, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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The great anti-euthanasia warrior, Rita Marker, has died at 83 after a long illness. Rita was in Europe in the mid 1980s and, out of curiosity, attended an international right-to-die convention. She was so alarmed by what she heard, she and her late husband and soulmate Mike Marker, formed the nonprofit International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force (later renamed the Patients Rights Council). Read More ›
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Rob Stadler
November 1, 2024
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At The Origin of Life, There’s No Shortcut to Energy-Harnessing

Rob Stadler
November 1, 2024
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On today’s ID the Future out of the vault, Stairway to Life co-author Rob Stadler and host Eric Anderson delve deeper into Challenge to Origin of Life: Energy Harnessing, an episode of the Long Story Short intelligent design video series. Could the first cell have been much simpler than any current cell, making it easier for it to emerge through blind natural forces on the early Earth? Stadler and Anderson surface one big problem with that idea: in experiments to make relatively simple cells even simpler, the cells inevitably become less robust and adaptable. These simpler cells must be coddled to survive. But the first cell on earth would have been anything but coddled. Tune in to learn more! Read More ›
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Larry Sanger
November 1, 2024
Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology
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The Increasingly Pressing Matter of Preserving Our Knowledge

Larry Sanger
November 1, 2024
Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology
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Larry Sanger argues for the urgent need to preserve knowledge in a decentralized, open-source manner to combat increasing censorship and control by big tech companies. Sanger criticizes the centralization of information and highlights how platforms like Wikipedia, Facebook, and Google have shifted towards promoting establishment narratives while suppressing alternative viewpoints. He advocates for the creation of many independent, digitally signed Read More ›

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The Bradley Center
November 1, 2024
Natural and Artificial Intelligence
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COSM 2024 in the Words of George Gilder

The Bradley Center
November 1, 2024
Natural and Artificial Intelligence
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COSM is an exclusive national summit on the converging technologies remaking the world as we know it. For decades, George Gilder has written presciently about the technological revolutions shaping our world, from the microchip in Microcosm, broadband in Telecosm, and the cryptocosm in Life After Google. COSM 2024 will hail the New American Century: exploring a technological transformation and revival of our country and Read More ›

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Marvin Olasky
November 1, 2024
Homelessness
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The Aladdin Factor: Why Troubled Kids Fare Better Than Foster Kids

Marvin Olasky
November 1, 2024
Homelessness
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Aladdin, you may remember from the Disney movie, calls himself a "street rat" and knows how to survive amid homelessness. He is competent. He has "agency," the belief that he can act to improve his circumstances. That mindset is different from what former foster child Rob Henderson describes in his good memoir, Troubled. Read More ›