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Richard Weikart
August 5, 2024
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Richard Weikart: Medicine’s Descent From Healing to Killing

Richard Weikart
August 5, 2024
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If we believe there is no qualitative distinction between animals and humans, are we more likely to protect human life or devalue it? On this episode of ID The Future, host Eric Anderson talks to historian Dr. Richard Weikart about his latest book, Unnatural Death: Medicine's Descent From Healing to Killing, now available from Discovery Institute Press. The book is a wide-ranging history of euthanasia and assisted suicide from Ancient Greece to today. How did we get to the point we are at today, and how do we turn the tide to promote the sanctity of human life? Tune in to find out. Read More ›
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Stephen C. Meyer and James Tour
August 5, 2024
Intelligent Design
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Beyond Evolution: Unraveling the Origins of Life with Stephen Meyer and James Tour | UK

Stephen C. Meyer and James Tour
August 5, 2024
Intelligent Design
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In this wide-ranging conversation, philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer and Rice University chemist Dr. James Tour contrast biological evolution with the more complex challenge of chemical evolution, where modern science still struggles to explain how nonliving chemicals could give rise to life. They critique early experiments like the Miller-Urey experiment, emphasizing that producing basic molecules is far from creating Read More ›

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multiverse conceptual illustration
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Kirk Durston
August 2, 2024
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Three Types of Science, pt. 3: Fantasy Science

Kirk Durston
August 2, 2024
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On this episode of ID the Future out of our vault, biophysicist Kirk Durston completes a three-part series on three categories of science: experimental, inferential, and fantasy science. Fantasy science makes inferential leaps so huge that virtually none of it is testable, either by the standards of experimental science or by those of the historical sciences, which reason to the best explanation by process of elimination. This is Part 3 of a three-part interview. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
August 2, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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At Least 60 People With Eating Disorders Euthanized or Assisted in Suicide Since 2012

Wesley J. Smith
August 2, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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A very disturbing — but, alas, unsurprising — report has been published from a review of medical studies that demonstrates that at least 60, but almost surely more, people with eating disorders (EDs) have been euthanized or assisted in suicide between 2012 and 2024. This includes at least three patients from the U.S. Read More ›
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young homeless boy crying on the bridge, poverty, city, street, negative emotion
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Marvin Olasky
August 2, 2024
Homelessness
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Coming Out of Trouble

Marvin Olasky
August 2, 2024
Homelessness
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Rob Henderson's Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class (Gallery Books, 2024) is well worth reading. I'll give you two reasons Henderson's life and book are not exceptional, then two reasons why they are. Read More ›
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Fallen Square Academic Caps at Graduation Ceremony
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Keri D. Ingraham
August 2, 2024
Education
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How College Wrecked Productivity and How to Fix It

Keri D. Ingraham
August 2, 2024
Education
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New survey results reveal that Americans' satisfaction with their customer experiences today has fallen to the lowest level in at least a decade. This decline can be traced to two things: a stagnating level of worker productivity, and an education system failing to impart practical skills to the workforce. Read More ›
The Center for Science and Culture
August 1, 2024
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Casey Luskin to Speak on Intelligent Design at Annual SES Conference

The Center for Science and Culture
August 1, 2024
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Dr. Casey Luskin is speaking at the Steadfast Apologetics and Evangelism National Conference in Rock Hill, SC, on Friday, October 11, 2024. For three decades, this conference has stood at the forefront of apologetics and evangelism training. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
August 1, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Icelanders Nominated a Glacier for President to Push ‘Nature Rights’ Movement

Wesley J. Smith
August 1, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Here is a story on "nature rights" activism that, on first impression, leaves one bemused. But I think it has important implications. Activists tried to qualify a glacier for the Iceland presidential ballot. Read More ›