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The pursuit of material immortality, even if material immortality cannot be realized, is the most reasonable long-term course of civilization; it’s thus the busywork of humanity.
But it is sad to see established facts now suppressed along with undesirable beliefs and opinions. And to see our institutions of higher learning being led to this kind of neo-obscurantism in the name of enlightened social attitudes.
Africa has not been affected on anything like the scale of most countries in Asia, Europe, and North and South America.
It’s hard to imagine a more inaccurate description of the peace and contentment so apparent in this pastoral scene.
The aim of antenatal screening is to discourage the birth of people with severe disabilities.
Science as a discipline is supposed to be based on empirical evidence.
The COVID-19 vaccine development experience shows it is possible to produce safe and effective vaccines much faster than previously thought.
The Declaration states that achieving herd immunity for COVID-19 can be assisted by vaccines, “but is not dependent” on their use.
As recent studies have shown, these advantages generally don’t go away simply because an athlete has changed their pronouns and hormone chemistry. At the highest levels, the difference between male and female world records typically hovers around 10 percent.
It’s easy to decry cancel culture, but hard to turn it back. Thankfully, recent developments in my area of academic specialty—artificial intelligence (AI)—show that fighting cancel culture isn’t impossible.
An expansive free encyclopedia is impossible without an army of volunteer writers.
The upshot is this: When a topic has moral or ideological implications, people typically have an a priori point of view that they then use as an end point, at least on a subconscious level.
The fallout has been intense and has gripped the professional commentariat.
In American First-Amendment jurisprudence, Brandenburg’s name is now a byword for the test that is used in assessing the validity of laws against inflammatory speech—especially speech that can lead to the sort of hateful mob activity that played out at the US Capitol last Wednesday.
One can still sell people smartwatches, and create “new needs” for people who have already established lives of comfort.