I am often asked where people can see recordings of my speeches. The Discovery Institute just posted online one I made there last year, called “Why Being Human Matters: Bioethics, Animal Liberation, and the Threat to Human Exceptionalism.” Hit this link, and I will appear after a very nice introduction from Bruce Chapman, the head of the DI. In the speech I address the importance of human exceptionalism, personhood theory, animal rights, transhumanism, and the all that jazz. I only have one question: When did I get so gray?
Notes on Anosmia
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