Well, here’s something good that came out of the Hwang cloning fraud. South Korea, apparently, is on the verge of outlawing egg donations for use in biomedical research. Good. No woman should risk her life so that cloning researchers can do their work. This is also the agenda of Hands Off Our . . . . Continue Reading »
We are witnessing the beginning of the public normalization of the profound mental illness known as Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID)—also known as “amputee wannabe” because its sufferers become obsessed with losing one or more limbs. This column published in The Guardian is . . . . Continue Reading »
This from the Telegraph: “Greedy middle-aged sons and daughters are the people most likely to rob their parents of money, valuables and even their homes, according to a report today. The findings, published by Action on Elder Abuse, are based on a study of calls to the charity’s helpline . . . . Continue Reading »
Science did a very nasty and, in my view, politically motivated thing before the election: It printed a hit piece by William Neaves and others against David Prentice, essentially accusing him of lying to the public, without giving him a chance to respond. Finally, half a year later, they deigned to . . . . Continue Reading »
PA has a big push ongoing to promote advance health directives and, as part of that effort, has passed a law that creates a commission to determine who decides such matters for residents without their own directive. (I will keep a close eye on that.) Toward educating the public, the Pennsylvania . . . . Continue Reading »
DoveThis ad has been around awhile, but I think it punctures the transhumanists’ naive presumption that the post human future would be wildly individualistic and iconoclastic. I believe the opposite would be true. Just as today we are herded by social pressures and corporate advertisements . . . . Continue Reading »
We so often hear that physician-assited suicide is about “choice.” The patient’s to die, and the doctors to either facilitate suicide or not. But the new Hawaii bill to legalize assisted suicide requires doctors to participate—either by prescribing poison or cooperating with . . . . Continue Reading »
I was interviewed on Saturday in a talk radio format, but it is a podcast called Peering Into the Darkness, with Derek and Sharon Gilbert. The topic was transhumanism and related issues. What astounds me is that communication technology is moving so fast that it is hard to keep up. While not quite . . . . Continue Reading »
This is wrong. A boy decides he is a girl—a boy—and psychiatrists and doctors agree to get on with the hormones before he has even had a chance to experience puberty and perhaps come to different conclusions. The worry was that experiencing puberty would itself be traumatic for a boy who . . . . Continue Reading »
I have noticed that many of the most commented upon posts here at Secondhand Smoke have to do with transhumanism, futuristic technologies, and whether we will remain fully human in the coming biotech age. Well, for those interested in such things, my friend Nigel Cameron has a blog up and running in . . . . Continue Reading »
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