Ryan Sayre Patrico

What do you know. Dr. Steinberg has changed his mind: “Though well intended, we remain sensitive to public perception and feel that any benefit the diagnostic studies may offer are far outweighed by the apparent negative societal impacts involved.” In other words, he’s nixing the . . . . Continue Reading »

Another atheist realizes that Darwinism has the bad habit of turning into just another religion. . . . . Continue Reading »

From the Wall Street Journal : The physician-assisted suicide law that goes into effect today in Washington State allows hospitals and doctors to refuse to participate, creating a difficult decision for those who deal with end-of-life care. Voters passed the measure last fall. There are lots of . . . . Continue Reading »

No, it’s not your teenager. . . . . Continue Reading »

A study published in the February issue of Science argues that the evolutionary roots of moral disgust may be linked to our reaction to poison and disease: In the study, the scientists examined facial movements when participants tasted unpleasant liquids and looked at photographs of disgusting . . . . Continue Reading »

In an article about the LA Fertility Institute’s recent offer to help parents choose the genetic traits of their children, including eye and hair color and gender, the company’s founder, Dr. Jeff Steinberg, said “I would not say this is a dangerous road. It’s an uncharted . . . . Continue Reading »

Most of us instinctively agree that the human brain and the computer are qualitatively different—that the difference between human and computer intelligence is one, not of degree, but of kind. If you were wondering, however, why this is true, Ari N. Schulman at the New Atlantis has a wonderful . . . . Continue Reading »

“Officials said the Obama administration’s goal is to make the rule clearer.” I’d say the administration is being pretty clear about its priorities. . . . . Continue Reading »

At the British magazine Standpoint , George Walden is fed up with his fellow Europeans’ incoherent and illogical anti-Americanism: There is something neurotic in Europe’s view of the US, something perpetually out of kilter. Think of the crush on Bill Clinton felt by many women, the . . . . Continue Reading »

At the top of the list are I and we , which apparently date back tens of thousands of years. I don’t know about the way the researchers came to their conclusion—computer analysis of “the rate of change of words in English and the languages that share a common . . . . Continue Reading »