Philosophy

Is Getting Genetically Engineered a Human Right?

CRISPR technology is transforming biomedical research and is at the heart of numerous recent discoveries — but if no one can pay for treatments it produces, how will we make…

July 1, 2017
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Scientists Now Believe the Universe Itself May Be Conscious

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You don’t have to look far to find outlandish theories on the nature of the cosmos and human consciousness. These days, notions once relegated to science fiction are finding their…

June 29, 2017
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Debate: Unresolved - Trump's First 100 Days

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The first 100 days of the Trump administration have been filled with a whirlwind of new policies and challenges to Washington orthodoxies, and the country is sharply divided.

June 29, 2017
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'A reckoning for our species': the philosopher prophet of the Anthropocene

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Timothy Morton wants humanity to give up some of its core beliefs, from the fantasy that we can control the planet to the notion that we are ‘above’ other beings.…

June 15, 2017
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Should We Give AIs the Same Rights as Humans?

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How AI will be implemented and treated hinges on the fundamental question of whether it will be given "personhood" status and thereby receive the same rights as persons. Experts continue…

June 5, 2017
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Political Scientism: Beware the Enlightened Ones

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It’s Not What You Believe. It’s How You Believe It. George Orwell’s novel 1984 has been selling in large numbers to people scared of a lurch toward authoritarianism in the USA.