Tag: France
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.
An Alcatraz of the Mind: What the Coppedge Trial Will Show
Let’s take a moment to recall the realities of the world of science.
France Sounds Like a Good Place to Do Science
Didier Raoult, the “most productive and influential microbiologist in France,” is looking more interesting all the time.