Another Transhumanist Attempt at Proslytizing

by Wesley J. Smith

This is my book review of the newest entry in transhumanist apologetics, Making Better Humans, published in the Washington . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Mar 2005 0

Secondhand Smoke Going on Short Hiatus

by Wesley J. Smith

I will be traveling for the next week or so and will be unable to wax eloquent here. Catch you all on the flip . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Mar 2005 0

Much Ado About Very Little

by Wesley J. Smith

The media is in a mini-frenzy because the Field Poll in California reported that support for physician-assisted suicide is running at about 70%. This seems an enormous margin. But legalization usually polls well so long as people are being asked the question in the abstract. However, history shows . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Mar 2005 0

Another Adult Stem Cell Success in Human Patients

by Wesley J. Smith

Apparently patients’ own adult stem cells are an effective treatment for urinary incontinence. The stem cells taken from the arms of the patients transformed into both skin and muscle cells, helping cure or substantially treat the . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Mar 2005 0

Reactions to My Article on Million $ Baby

by Wesley J. Smith

I have been receiving much e-mail both praising and castigating my take on Million $ Baby. I have been told, “It’s only a movie,” repeatedly. I know that. But movies have the power to mold popular attitudes. That is why so many anti-tobacco activists want Hollywood to stop . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Mar 2005 0

Should Machines One Day Be Given the Right to Vote?

by Wesley J. Smith

Apparently so, according to this statement just in from the World Transhumanist Association:“In response to the emerging debate over “robot ethics” the Board of Directors of the World Transhumanist Association unanimously adopted this statement on artificial intelligence on March . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Mar 2005 0

Here’s My Take on Million $ Baby

by Wesley J. Smith

Clint Eastwood missed a great opportunity to show how real champions overcome . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2005 0

Robert Novak has Cloners’ Number

by Wesley J. Smith

Big Biotech’s dishonest drive in the states to legalize human cloning by calling it something else, say, somatic cell nuclear transfer or merely stem cell research, is beginning to be exposed by the wider media. Columnist Robert Novak has it right in this column about the cloning fight in . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2005 0

Science Without Moral Limits

by Wesley J. Smith

I have been warning of late that science and bioethics have grown so ideological that many in these and related fields assert that there is a constitutional right to do science. (Evidence of the growing attention being paid to these issues can be found in this press release issued by Georgia Tech.) . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Feb 2005 0

Hunter Thompson was no Warrior

by Wesley J. Smith

The son and daughter-in-law of the late Hunter Thompson told the Rocky Mountain News that Thompson lived and died as “a warrior.” Baloney. A warrior lives and dies in the service of others; a family, a tribe, a country. A warrior is bound by a code of honor. Thompson lived and died for . . . . Continue Reading »

26 Feb 2005 0