Tag: France
UN Committee Tries to Save “French Terri Schiavo”
Vincent Lambert was catastrophically injured in an automobile accident in France in 2008.
Small Wonders: Scientists Reveal the Secrets of Amazing Little Insects and Crustaceans
It often seems that the closer you need to look, the greater the wonder. It’s as if someone set it there to hide, waiting for us.
Were Nazis More Tolerant of Down Syndrome than Some European Countries Today?
Richard Dawkins lashed out at Pope Francis for the latter’s comparing modern eugenic efforts to Nazi precedents that sought to “create a pure race.”
New “Gerber Baby” Has Down Syndrome
This is an excellent move, a very visible and enthusiastic support for human exceptionalism and equal moral worth.
At the Foundations of Science: Respect and Seeking to Understand
I’ve been reading the correspondence of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams — with its interesting argument by Jefferson for design in nature as a scientific inference.