Tag: genetic engineering
Did COVID-19 Virus Evolve by Natural Selection?
Natural selection, if understood as undirected variation and differential reproductive success, is a destructive process.
Teilhard de Chardin and the Incomplete Nature of Evolutionary Theory
As Thomas Nagel would argue today, any theory of evolution that excludes the origin of mind and consciousness from consideration is at best half a theory.
Nature Says Bioethics Is Obsolete
In such a milieu in which there really is no “right” and “wrong,” who needs bioethicists?
Slouching Toward a “Brave New World”
Genetic engineering could unleash a deadly pandemic or lead to a “new eugenics” with very sharp teeth.
A Push for Licenses to Genetically Engineer Human Beings
We can’t trust “the scientists” to do the right thing because over the years too many have proven unworthy.