Category: Medicine
Promoting a Suicide: Shame on Politico
Throughout the story, big-time political consultant Hal Malchow’s planned suicide is depicted as empowering.
The Humanity and Personhood of an Embryo
A sperm and an egg separately constitute a potential human. But when they unite, the result is a human being from the moment of fertilization.
Are IVF Human Embryos “Children”?
Recently, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that human embryos accidentally killed in an IVF clinic mishap are considered children under Alabama law.
Adult Stem-Cell Cure for HIV?
A “consensus science” that seeks to stifle open scientific inquiry and heterodox advocacy harms the scientific quest for truth.
Memories Are Not “Stored” in the Brain; Here’s Why
It doesn’t make any sense to talk about the “storage” of non-physical entities. Philosophers like to call that a “category error.”