Category: Culture
Does Disbelief in Human Evolution Foment Racism?
This study does not provide an adequate explanation as to why belief in evolution would cause one to be less racist. Indeed, the logic seems backwards.
Ecuador’s Highest Court Grants Rights to Wild Animals
Nature rights apply to individual animals. And, one would assume, to be consistent, to individual plants, insects, water, and (what the hell) germs too.
Nature Rights: A Lake in Florida Sues
For a certain class of journalists, practical concerns are of little consequence — or perhaps, just not as much fun to write about.
Stephen Meyer: Totalitarian Dystopias and the God Hypothesis
The insight is timely, given the two-year anniversary of lockdowns that we’ve recently observed.
Wesley J. Smith on Nature Article about Alarming Gene Editing
Using the breakthrough technology known as CRISPR, scientists are not only altering the genes of a given creature.