Wesley J. Smith

Department of Health Provides Update on COVID-19, 83 New Positives Bring Statewide Total to 268
Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine speaking at the virtual press conference. The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., March 20, that there are 83 additional positive cases of COVID-19 reported, bringing the statewide total to 268. County-specific information and a statewide map are available here. All people are either in isolation at home or being treated at the hospital. Harrisburg, PA- March 20, 2020
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Wesley J. Smith
September 11, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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In Speaker Choices, American Academy of Pediatrics Shows Its Gender Ideological Colors

Wesley J. Smith
September 11, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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The American Academy of Pediatrics is a creature of the gender ideologues and the woke Left. I can see no other judgment based on the two chosen keynote speakers for its upcoming national convention. Read More ›
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Various groceries in shopping cart
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Wesley J. Smith
September 9, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
2

Medical Journal Article: Replace SNAP Benefits with Cash

Wesley J. Smith
September 9, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Continuing my discussion of how ideological medical and science journals strive to redefine almost every public policy controversy into matters of public health to push leftwing agendas: An article in the notoriously woke New England Journal of Medicine argues that rather than give SNAP benefits to poor people — what used to be called food stamps — cash transfers should be provided to improve the “health” of the recipients. Read More ›
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woman with lily flowers and coffin at funeral
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Wesley J. Smith
September 6, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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‘Nonmedical’ Assisted Suicide This Way Comes

Wesley J. Smith
September 6, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Certain strains of the euthanasia-advocacy movement believe doctors don't need to be involved when someone wants to die. For example, the fanatics of Final Exit Network have taught people how to kill themselves, with a couple convicted of assisting via helium. Read More ›
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An IT expert uses an EEG headset and machine learning technology to upload his brain into a computer, aiming for immortality. This scene captures a computer scientist developing an AI experiment
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Wesley J. Smith
September 4, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Why Transhumanism Is Unrealistic and Immoral

Wesley J. Smith
September 4, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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In 2016, transhumanism proselytizer Zoltan Istvan ran for president promising to defeat death while touring the country in a bus redesigned to look like a coffin. It was a great gimmick that made him, perhaps, the most famous transhumanist in the world. But his recent piece in Merion West “When We’re Overly Optimistic about the Pace of Life Extension Research” took a dark and disturbing turn. Read More ›
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Medical students walking through corridor
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Wesley J. Smith
August 19, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Association of American Medical Colleges Journal Pushes for Residencies in Assisted Suicide

Wesley J. Smith
August 19, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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In California, the Stutter Family Residency Medical Program even offers residencies to train doctors in assisted suicide. Chillingly, most of the doctors who participated in a small study on assisted suicide and who prescribe poison as part of their job like it. Read More ›
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A closeup of a scientist using AI to simulate climate change effects on a digital globe, suggesting environmental research, set against a softfocus background of a scientific institution, in clean look colors, enhanced by a sharpened banner
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Wesley J. Smith
August 12, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Blessed Are the Peacemakers, for They Shall Be Called Bioethicists

Wesley J. Smith
August 12, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Reinforcing my earlier point, the Hastings Center has now published an utterly naive article advocating that war itself be transformed into a bioethics issue. True to form in the field, the authors propose six bioethical "principles" to apply to considering whether potential combatants should resort to war or make "wiser choices." Read More ›
Human's hand planting single plant , plant's survival in the drought, Inspiring actions to save the world, eco-friendly concept, life in the arid landscape, hope for a greener future.
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Wesley J. Smith
August 7, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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‘Plant Philosophy’ Denigrates Human Uniqueness

Wesley J. Smith
August 7, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Lately, as scientists unlock the complexity of plant biology, we are witnessing equivalent advocacy with regard to plants. The latest example of such radical anthropomorphizing comes to us in a long article just published in Aeon that discusses "plant philosophy." Read More ›
Weight loss fail concept. Scale and depressed, frustrated and sad woman sitting on floor holding head and arms on knees.
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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 ›