Tag: ethics
What the Abortion Debate Tells Us About Integrity in Science
Science has quite a bit to contribute to our debate about abortion as a matter public policy.
Lennox, Marks: Uploading the Mind Would Mean Eternal Death
Dreams of god-like immortality achieved through uploading the mind have a serious drawback, one among others. A computer operates algorithmically, strictly so, whereas the mind does not.
Why Michael Shermer’s “Case for Scientific Humanism” Fails
Shermer tries to rewrite history by insisting that science is built on atheistic assumptions.
Drug Our Drinking Water with Lithium?
If we really want to reduce suicide — and sometimes I wonder if we do — we will increase our focus on mental health as a top-tier societal priority.
Totalitarian Science: Past, Present, and Future?
When science is considered the only route to knowledge, scientific experts are given the right to rule, and science becomes totalitarian.