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The Many Ways The Vaccination Seat-Belt Analogy Fails
If you don't wear your seat belt, I am at greater risk of catching coronadoom. And thus my grandmother might die, you granny killer. Is that what they mean by…
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Stream: Bioethicists Want To Purge Christian Doctors
Bioethicists Want To Purge Christian Doctors. Two academic bioethicists want to bar Christians and those who hold other traditional religious beliefs from practicing medicine, and even from attending medical school.…
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The Moral Case Against Designer Babies
"Should prospective parents seek information about gene variants that increase the risk their children will develop diseases as adults? Should physicians provide that information?" So asks Ronald Bailey, only just…
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Genetic Engineering To Create New Super Moral Race: Savulescu Strikes Again
On the road, so here is a classic post from not too long ago. The appalling Julian Savulescu1 is back, this time staining the pages of the British edition of…
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We Have Evolved Beyond Evolution: How Can Evolution Help?
There is an argument favored by some fans of evolutionary psychology that goes something like this: For the vast majority of our 150,000 years or so on the planet, we…
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A Pill To Eliminate Racism? What’ll Science Think Of Next!
Publishable p-values If it weren't for the miracle of statistics, specifically the p-value, a device which can be used to "prove" anything, scientists would have a lot more time on…
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Bioengineering Humans To Combat Climate Change
Aren't bioethicists a fun bunch? When last we met this speculative crew, they were wondering whether we should "let baby live", and they were developing a pill to eliminate racism.…
