Tag: scientists
With Gene Editing, Scientists Perilously Push Borders of Biotechnology
Such manipulations, if ever done in humans, could a profound impact on human society going down the generations.
Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment
A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete.
Scientist as Shaman — Seeing Through the Sham
Think, for example, of the late Stephen Hawking and how his fevered pronouncements in his final years were received.
Sociology Journal: Why Lobbyists So Persistently Call Evolution a “Fact”
The paper could cause a stir, since it has violated an “implicit agreement” that mainstream academics should never criticize public advocates of evolution.
Lab-Grown Lungs Transplanted into Pigs
The human organ shortage is one of the great bioethical dilemmas of our time. Expanding the organ supply is a matter of life and death.