Philosophy & Ethics

The Way of the Why or the Death of a Pig

This is the third installment explaining in plain language the promise and pitfalls of the new modern Enlightenment. In this essay the practical exemplification of the power of paradigm begins to illustrate the absurdity of counter-productive man. It is r ...

Blog Post - Brian Taylor - Dec 13 2009 - 1:23am

Conservatism is Unnatural

This is the fourth essay from Brian Taylor's lowbrow explanation of the concepts facing the modern enlightened.  So far, using plain language, typical story-like reflections and humor he has explained not only that we have all been lied to for thousan ...

Blog Post - Brian Taylor - Mar 19 2009 - 12:16am

Mandatory HPV Vaccination Both Unwarranted And Unwise

The HPV vaccine, sold as Gardasil in the U.S., is intended to prevent four strains of the human papillomavirus, the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world. The vaccine also prevents against cervical cancer. While the vaccine represents a s ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 12 2008 - 1:02pm

Synthetic Sunshine And Synthetic Biology – The Future Of Humanity

Should we worry about a future with no humans? This question and many more will be answered in a public lecture at Keele University looking at new advances in science and technology – and their impact on humanity.  Bioethicist Professor John Harris will gi ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 16 2008 - 12:23pm

Asthma Over-Diagnosed In One Third Of Adults

Asthma may be overdiagnosed in countries like Canada, suggests a longitudinal study of 540 obese and non-obese adults (http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg1121.pdf)that found approximately one third of Canadians with physician-diagnosed asthma do not have asthma wh ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 17 2008 - 5:07pm

Will Genetic Researchers Avoid Studies Because Of Concerns About Being Labelled Racist?

People are different, both physically and mentally, but genetically everyone is very similar, scientists have said for decades. But with population research becoming more and more common, the University of Alberta's Tim Caulfield is concerned that gen ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 18 2008 - 3:44pm

Banning Fast Food Advertising Would Curb Childhood Obesity But The Social Cost Would Be High

A ban on fast food advertisements in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18 percent, according to a new study being published this month in the Journal of Law and Economics. The study also reports that eliminating ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 19 2008 - 11:32am

Misleading Medical Coverage Of Mainstream And Alternative Medicine, Says Study

Media coverage of clinical trials does not contain the elements readers require to make informed decisions. A comparison of the coverage received by pharmaceutical and herbal remedy trials, reported in BMC Medicine, has revealed that it is rarely possible ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 26 2008 - 12:58pm

How Will Religion Regard Nanotechnology?

When it comes to the world of the very, very small — nanotechnology — we may have a big problem: Nano and its capacity to alter the fundamentals of nature could be failing the moral litmus test of religion. In a report published today in Nature Nanotechnol ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 8 2008 - 3:16pm

The Meaning Of Milton 400 Years Later

Many people may not know that this past weekend marked the 400th anniversary of John Milton’s birth (he was born on December 9th, 1608). “But Milton remains incredibly relevant to us today,” says Shannon Miller, professor and chair of the English departmen ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 9 2008 - 11:23am