This argument wouldn’t have to be made, but for science becoming post modern in some circles so that narrative counts more than facts. This has certainly been true with regard to biotechnology because some want to use human embryos instrumentally. But rather than just admit that and justify it . . . . Continue Reading »
I wonder what Our Lady would think about that . . . . . Continue Reading »
What will kids think of next: Summit Middle School in Frisco, Colo., is a tobacco-free campus. Students who smoke cigarettes are suspended. But when a lunchtime crew of sixth-graders last fall started “smoking” Smarties, the tart, chalky candy discs wrapped in cellophane, lunchroom . . . . Continue Reading »
The use of the “V-word” continues to be used in the most “enlightened” places. Today, it is an interview with health author Jane Brody in the NYT about her new book on planning for death. From the interview:Q: When is the right time to start planning for death?A: Start . . . . Continue Reading »
As someone once accused by bioethicist Alta Charo of promoting an “Endarkenment” because of my views on ESCR—at least she did it to my face—I have to say that a recent Science editorial extolling President Obama’s stem cell speech, demonstrates the very unenlightened . . . . Continue Reading »
The news is dreadful: According to the Census, since 2006 we have been living in a republic where, for the first time in the history of the republic, Americans drink more bottled water than we drank beer. Why is this important? It’s important because beer is a socially oriented beverage, and . . . . Continue Reading »
At least, that what atheist philosopher Daniel Dennett thinks . He argues that “we’re robots made of robots made of robots made of robots.” In other words, the brain is made up of millions upon millions of neurons, and each of those neurons is made up of eukaryotic cells, and each . . . . Continue Reading »
This was gratuitously harmful politically to the president, and it reflects a thoughtlessness, I think, that belies his image as a sensitive egalitarian. President Obama has compared his poor bowling skills to the Special Olympics. From the story: Towards the end of his approximately 40-minute . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a piece in today’s Sacramento Bee rounding out my critique of the Obama ESCR policy and his rescission of the Bush executive order requiring the Feds to fund alternative sources. The new policy no longer provides funding of pluripotent stem cells that have the potential to bridge the . . . . Continue Reading »
How can anyone trust anything written today about science? In an earlier SHS post, I touched on how a pair of new studies—we were told by the Washington Post—demonstrated that routine prostate screening for cancer isn’t worth doing. The point of that post was not so much to focus . . . . Continue Reading »
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