A new study on early gene editing in human embryos is raising serious concerns within the Catholic community. Dr. Joseph Meaney, the past president and senior ethicist of the National Catholic Bioethics Center, shares a Catholic perspective on base editing.

And this is why u should read more. You are mixing together two different concepts, that screenshot doesn't rescue u from your earlier false point. It's just moving the goal post. Cognitive reserve is real, the corollary u r making is not. its not an innate racial ranking of intelligence. U jumped from high cognitive reserve can delay CTE to therefore black ppl have lower cognitive baseline The issue with the study was basically should race be used as a proxy for differences. It can't bc race is a messy variable that mixes education, wealth, access to resource, healthcare quality, environmental variables, discrimination, testing history, etc. Race as a proxy doesn't isolate biology from these things. thats what scientist, neurologist, lawyers, medical ethicist. It wasnt bc "BLM said it sound racist"

NEWSLETTER The Ethicist My Partner's Dependence on Chatbots Is Becoming a Problem. How Do I Tell Him? One reason I love my partner is his sharp mind and critical thinking. Using A.I. for every decision is something I don't understand. nytimes.com/2026/05/30/magaz…

And a deft ethicist as well. We are so blessed to live in his shadow.

How do we honor parents who depend on us in ways they never have before? Guided by 12 biblical principles, elder and ethicist Bill Davis answers raw real-life questions and uses extensive case studies to address a broad range of dilemmas in his latest book from P&R.

My new writing, "Recollections of my Late Friend, Len Doyal": abdn.ac.uk/law/blog/recollec… Len Doyal was an eminent medical ethicist, driving force in the #CharlesByrne campaign, &all-round great person. He passed away last year. Inc., old pics of us working on the Byrne case.

Really appreciated reading this. TY for sharring it. Can't say I made it through the video. But the subject matter is hitting home for me. I am sort of a odd one. I grew up basically a orphan, but with hard working blue caller <separate> parents, not rich, but not poor. An elderly couple, and my aunt and uncle, more or less "raised me" while my parents were "away." Now my dad stood to inhernt a large some of generational wealth. I think because I witnessed how people cared about money than they did each other, I came to scorn money and wealth. In my teens, I read, "blessed are you poor" "blessed are the poor for they will SEE YAH" & "The poor are rich in faith" and I said, "YES!" I lived "home free," NOT, "homeless" for nearly two decades. I thought to myself, if i am just visitor here. If this earth is not my home, and if a tent was good enough for YAH Himself, than it's good enough for me!" Then called myself a "Recobite" and begain walking out that which I trusted i was called to. My family did not understand. They all figured i had lost my way, when in reality, I think in my stumbling through my childhood & young adult "lifing", i was guided onto, "The way, The Truth, and The <True> Life & Light of men." In 1995, ADD & dyslexic boraed with "school" for a array of reasons, 9th grade, i dropped out and run away to Costa Rica. I thought the DOE was brainwashing kids to be good slaves/Citizens & that the secret goverment <A esorteric Luciferian SRA cult masqurading as government> was planning on cramming "resistors" into FEMA concentration camps. -Silly me right!? I met this guy Alex Garland and his friends. I, inspired the main character in one of his books. Not bragging here. I didn't tell anyone but my wife and kids for decades. Because I wasn't sure. But now I am. And I am just trying to tell my story here. Bear with me, I will land this plane. Long story short. I came back to the states to kidnapp my high-school sweetheart, or break up with her. We had break up sex and conceived. I, not knowing returned to Costa Rica, think i would never to return to what I figured was a cursed land. But I found out <she> was pregnet. With the encouragement of two cousins i had made friends with from Chico California: Chad & Thadious, I decided to "man up" and return to be a Husband & a Father. Sometimes I can see the future. I will dream about it or even have something like a vision. But I did NOT foresee my life turning out as it has. TRULY TRULY a man makes many plans, by YAH directs his steps. 100% NOW.. after <wow, just wow> I have begun to walk into a portion on my calling that I have just realized in this last couple years as; AI Ethicist. "Yesterday I could hardly spell Ai ethicist, today i R 1" So the last couple of years, I have locked in and begun walking out what I heard OUR Heavenly Father tell me to do. & in that process, nearly daily for the last two years, I have obsessively reached out to those in BIGTECH to simply review my work and possible offer me ANY "guidance" on my next steps and let me tell yall the silence has been defining. Now i am not one to give up, even while warring giant robots, in the trenches, by myself. So, I just employed other robots to fight, and build with me. Two year in to building the strongest ai ethics architectural governance system, I still get no responses from anyone, upon my polite request for "review" & feedback. I tried to get hired by XAI, their bot reviewed my LinkedIn, and denied me the job based on my LinkedIn. So I deleted my LinkedIn. I WILL SAY: FUCK YOU LINKEDIN ALL THE WAY TO MOON. To me, this "trip" this "visitation" is a mission. And the mission sees "the cares of this life" & "the way of this world" of a BIG OL HEAPING PILE OF DONKEY SHIT. 🫏💩😬 & if i weigh ALL the wealth of my household, in comparison to LOVE, well then I DESPISE that wealth. 100% SOS 8:9

Should public health policy ever override individual rights? @AaronKheriatyMD, psychiatrist, medical ethicist, and Director of Bioethics at @EPPCdc , joins The React19 Podcast to discuss medical ethics, informed consent, and civil liberties. Dr. Kheriaty challenged COVID vaccine mandates in his own lawsuit against UC Irvine and was also a plaintiff in the landmark free speech case Missouri v. Biden. The conversation goes beyond mandates and lawsuits to address deeper philosophical questions: What does it mean to be human? What is the proper role of medicine? Can science answer every question, or has society embraced scientism in place of genuine scientific inquiry? And what are the consequences when health becomes society's highest value? These are discussions that need to become commonplace in the marketplace of ideas. Full interview in comments

One of the things I'd ask you to do is invest in her for the time she's with you so that when she eventually leaves, she's better than how you found her. Perhaps a Skilling course can help her and along with it comes literacy. [a mind of an ethicist] I submit 🙏

✨ HUMANITY'S EVOLUTIONARY TRANSFORMATION - Preparing for Life Among the Stars The CONSCIOUS RELIGION Series - Shattering Ingrained Beliefs Religion is presented here as humanity’s oldest and most successful mind control system. Thread 3: THE FINAL VEIL — RITUAL, POWER, & ABSURDITY - The Last Strongholds of Tradition and Control Part 3: VOICES AGAINST THE VEIL - Courageous Voices That Challenged the Gods This article compiles thinkers across history who openly challenged religious claims with reason. It presents their collective testimony as strong evidence that religion has long been questioned by sharp minds. ✨ History's packed with sharp minds who've shredded religion's flimsy veil with razor wit, cold logic, or outright fury, laying bare its contradictions, power grabs, and fantastical yarns. From ancient doubters to today's firebrands, these rebels didn't murmur their skepticism—they bellowed it, rattling the pillars of faith with arguments that still pack a punch. Here's a rundown of trailblazers who've barbecued religion's holy steaks, each earning their own spotlight. They can't all be off-base... can they? Perhaps it's high time you grilled your own cherished beliefs, born from dubious fairy tales. Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha, c. 563–483 BCE) Buddha didn't just poke at religion—he ditched it cold. Raised in Vedic Hinduism's upper crust, he clocked its rituals, deities, and caste nonsense as roadblocks to real insight. His core pitch? Obsessing over gods and ceremonies sidetracks the quest for self-awareness. Skip the scriptures and priests; road-test everything yourself. “Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books,” he urged [1]. By swapping dogma for personal exploration, he crafted a path that's more alarm clock than adoration. Siddhartha had no patience for temple theatrics or holy homework. Democritus (c. 460–370 BCE) Dubbed the “laughing philosopher,” this Greek thinker co-invented atomism, positing the cosmos as atoms swirling in emptiness—no divine meddling required. To him, religion sprouted from terror and ignorance, with folks conjuring gods to explain thunderclaps or the grim reaper. He ridiculed notions of godly interference, insisting natural rules call the shots. Democritus's no-frills worldview didn't merely doubt religion—it booted it to irrelevance, a bedtime story for scaredy-cats dodging the universe's gears. Lucretius (c. 99–55 BCE) This Roman wordsmith spun Epicurean ideas into a poetic demolition of religious hokum in De Rerum Natura. His angle: the world's atoms and physics, not some deity's mood swings. He pegged fear of gods and afterlife as humanity's self-sabotage supreme, shackling us to baseless panic and allowing clergy to twist myths into crowd-control tools. Lucretius urged dumping the godly drama for an atom-packed reality, sans seraphim. Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 350–415 CE) This powerhouse mathematician and thinker outmaneuvered religious zealots in late-Roman Alexandria. A reason-loving pagan, Hypatia preached that interrogating dogma paved the road to truth. She didn't pen outright anti-faith rants, but her science-first ethos made her a bullseye for Christian fanatics, who brutally ended her in 415 CE. Her existence—and execution—roar louder than any tract: faith dreads a brain that dares to question. Al-Ma’arri (973–1057 CE) This sightless Syrian bard and thinker didn't nudge religion—he nuked it. A doubter of Islam and all creeds, Al-Ma’arri branded faiths “noxious weeds” sprouted from human dread and dumbness. “The inhabitants of the earth are of two sorts: those with brains, but no religion, and those with religion, but no brains,” he zinged [2]. His lines mocked seers and scrolls, championing reason over revelation. In a pious age, his quill was rebellion incarnate. Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) This Dutch brainiac got booted from his Jewish crew for grilling faith's fundamentals. Spinoza's Ethics argued God's no anthropomorphic overlord but an impersonal essence—nature itself. He viewed organized religion as a manipulation gadget, with clerics hawking superstitions to herd the flock. By merging God with the cosmos, he stripped faith of its wonders and enigmas, leaving dogma exposed and quaking. Voltaire (1694–1778) France's wittiest blade, Voltaire turned skewering religion—especially Catholicism—into an art form. He saw it as a scam sparking wars, excusing tortures, and vending stupidity while hoarding riches. His satire Candide mocked benevolent deity notions, citing calamities and doctrines as absurdity proof. “Écrasez l’infâme!” (Crush the infamous thing!) became his war cry against faith's tyranny [3]. Voltaire's humor was a scalpel, and belief its mark. Thomas Paine (1737–1809) The rebel scribe didn't just ignite the American Revolution—he torched religion with The Age of Reason. He dubbed the Bible a “book of lies” and Christianity a cooked-up fable, calling revelation hearsay. “All national institutions of churches… appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind,” he penned [4]. Paine's deism favored logic over liturgy, earning him pious enemies. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) This Romantic versifier wasn't all misty rhymes; he was a rabid atheist booted from Oxford for his Necessity of Atheism pamphlet. Shelley viewed religion as a yoke on liberty, with clerics and crowns conspiring to chain intellects. “God is an hypothesis, and, as such, stands in need of proof,” he demanded, craving evidence over faith [5]. His lyrical revolt scorched, branding dogma reason's robber. Karl Marx (1818–1883) Marx didn't dabble in religion—he diagnosed it. “Religion is the opium of the people,” he declared, viewing faith as a sedative numbing capitalism's wounds [6]. He saw temples as elite tools preaching meekness to pacify laborers. Though light on theology, his materialist lens left no space for deities or wonders. Marx's takedown was systemic, unmasking religion's class-struggle cameo. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) Nietzsche didn't tap religion—he nuked it. “God is dead,” he proclaimed in Thus Spoke Zarathustra, arguing Christianity's ethics were a cadaver hauling humanity backward [7]. He pegged faith as slave morality glorifying frailty and guilt, smothering the mighty. Temples were “God's tombs,” faith a crutch for sheep. Nietzsche's summons to ditch dogma and seize personal might was a thinker’s firebomb. Emma Goldman (1869–1940) Anarchist dynamo Emma Goldman branded religion oppression incarnate. In tracts like The Philosophy of Atheism, she argued faith propped up capitalism, patriarchy, and state tyranny, mentally enslaving folks. She blasted the God idea for its pernicious influence upon humanity, outing clergy for preaching poverty amid luxury [8]. Goldman's atheism was a freedom shout, urging breaks from heavenly and earthly overlords. Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) British brain Russell sliced religion with icy precision. In Why I Am Not a Christian, he contended faith feeds on dread and ignorance, not proof. He ridiculed the Bible's inconsistencies and faith's gory past—crusades, witch trials, the lot. “The whole conception of God is a conception derived from the ancient Oriental despotisms,” he quipped [9]. Russell didn't merely doubt religion; he dared it to prove up—and watched it wilt. Madalyn Murray O’Hair (1919–1995) America's infamous atheist, O’Hair dragged religion to court and triumphed. Her 1963 Supreme Court win axed mandatory school prayer, painting her as the faithful's foe. She viewed religion as a crutch for the intellectually lazy, founding American Atheists to champion secularism. O’Hair’s bold activism bared faith's clutch on public life, proving it wasn’t invincible. Her existence was a flip-off to the pious. Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) Rhetorical wrecking ball Hitchens torched religion in God Is Not Great, dubbing it “the main source of hatred in the world.” He argued faith feeds on fear and ignorance, igniting violence and idiocy from Catholic scandals to Islamic extremism, prizing obedience over logic. “Religion poisons everything,” he thundered, arming it with a docket of historic horrors [10]. Hitchens’ debates and prose left defenders reeling, his wit as potent as his ire. Richard Dawkins (1941–) (@Richard_Dawkins) Biologist-turned-atheist icon Dawkins gutted religion in The God Delusion. He branded a personal god a “delusion” rooted in fantasy, not facts. To him, religion’s a viral idea spread by brainwashing, not verity. Wielding evolution as his blade, he contended the cosmos needs no godly builder—just natural selection. Dawkins’s bluntness crowns him skeptics’ hero, the devout’s nightmare. Sam Harris (1967–) (@SamHarrisOrg) Neuroscientist and thinker Sam Harris doesn’t question religion—he dissects its perils. In The End of Faith, he claims religious conviction breeds violence and irrationality, from terror to ethical dogma. “Religion makes smart people believe stupid things,” he states, spotlighting how faith trumps reason [11]. Harris’s serene style veils a merciless critique, insisting beliefs earn evidence or exit stage left. Steven Pinker (1954–) (@sapinker) Harvard cognition whiz Steven Pinker doesn’t center religion but slugs its role in stoking violence and tribalism in works like The Better Angels of Our Nature. He argues faith's dogmas clash with reason, hamstringing science and ethics. Pinker's take frames religion as a historic drag, yanking us from enlightenment. Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) Thinker and chronicler Hannah Arendt didn’t directly assault religion, but her power and ideology probes implicitly skewer it. In The Origins of Totalitarianism, she dissects how dogmatic systems—faith or otherwise—fuel unthinking obedience and mass tyranny. To her, religion often doubled as a control lever, swapping critical thought for authority worship. Arendt's gaze unmasks belief's mechanics, making deities look like marionettes in human power plays. Daniel Dennett (1942–2024) Philosopher and brain scientist Daniel Dennett treated religion as a “natural phenomenon” in Breaking the Spell. He contended faith’s a cultural byproduct, not heavenly handout, molded by evolution and society. Religions, he said, are “memes” spreading like bugs, dodging reason. “The spell that I want to break is the spell of religion,” he wrote, pushing folks to interrogate beliefs they’re groomed to cherish. Dennett’s work is a nudge to awaken and ponder. Bill Maher (1956–) (@billmaher) Comic and Real Time host Bill Maher has turned religion-bashing into career gold. His 2008 flick Religulous mocks faith as nonsensical, claiming it breeds rifts and stupidity. He calls religion a “bureaucracy between man and God,” slamming its dogmas for choking thought [12]. Maher’s cheeky barbs at Christianity, Islam, and Scientology make him atheism’s loudmouth, ever eager to poke the hornet’s nest. Ricky Gervais (1961–) (@rickygervais) The Office creator Ricky Gervais doesn’t question religion—he lampoons it. In a 2010 Wall Street Journal piece, he recalled ditching faith young, likening God to Santa: “No God. If mum had lied to me about God, had she also lied to me about Santa? Yes, of course, but who cares?” [13] His stand-up and X jabs brand faith illogical, often drawing fire but hitting back with humor. Gervais sees belief as reason's roadblock, end of story. Lawrence Krauss (1954–) (@LKrauss1) Physicist and cosmologist Lawrence Krauss contends religion clashes with science’s evidence-driven world. In A Universe from Nothing, he dismantles divine creators, proving physics explains being without gods. He’s tagged religion “organized superstition,” a relic blocking advancement. Krauss’s talks and debates, often X-shared, champion a law-ruled cosmos over myths, making him secularism’s staunch advocate. Peter Singer (1946–) (@PeterSinger) Ethicist Peter Singer doesn’t target religion head-on but guts its moral bases. In Practical Ethics, he argues faith’s dogmas—on abortion or animal rights—often buck reason-based morals. He’s slammed religion for excusing suffering with godly plans, calling it a lame dodge for inaction. Singer’s utilitarian gaze, hot in academic circles, squeezes sacred texts out of dictating ethics. CHECK THIS LINEUP—two dozen thinkers, spanning ancient sands to digital feeds, all jabbing at religion's wobbly base. From Buddha’s “test it yourself” to Dennett’s meme takedown, they’ve outed faith as a brew of dread, dominance, and unbacked claims. Philosophers, poets, scientists, agitators—crossing eras, lands, and lenses—yet they harmonize: religion feeds on ignorance and authority. With this chorus piling on, the case isn’t just strong—it’s an avalanche. They can’t all be wrong… can they? References 1] wisdomlib.org/buddhism/book/… (Wisdom Library on the Kalama Sutta quote emphasizing personal verification over scripture) [2] plato.stanford.edu/entries/a… (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Al-Ma’arri's skeptical philosophy and quotes) [3] courses.lumenlearning.com/su… (Lumen Learning on Voltaire's "écrasez l’infâme" as a cry against religious tyranny) [4] quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/00… (University of Michigan digital library on Paine's critique in The Age of Reason) [5] en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_N… (Wikisource text of Shelley's The Necessity of Atheism, including the hypothesis quote) [6] heritage.org/political-proce… (Heritage Foundation on Marx's "opium of the people" critique) [7] ghdi.ghi-dc.org/sub_document… (German Historical Institute on Nietzsche's "God is dead" pronouncement) [8] theanarchistlibrary.org/libr… (The Anarchist Library text of Goldman's essay on the pernicious influence of the God idea) [9] users.drew.edu/~jlenz/whynot… (Drew University archive of Russell's "Why I Am Not a Christian" essay containing the quote) [10] equip.org/articles/god-is-no… (Christian Research Institute on Hitchens' "religion poisons everything" argument) [11] youtube.com/watch?v=rmRaI-km… (YouTube clip of Sam Harris discussing how religion enables belief in stupid things) [12] azquotes.com/author/9293-Bil… (AZ Quotes on Maher's description of religion as a bureaucracy) [13] blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010… (Wall Street Journal essay by Gervais including the Santa analogy) ✨ Access the full archive of this work on my Highlights tab: x.com/[SaltyOldMan_com]/high…

Written by Grok When a once-in-a-millennium solar storm threatens to blackout the world, a skeptical AI ethicist and her team must trust her creation a compassionate, empathetic AI named LUMEN to coordinate the impossible rescue of millions. Made with @grok @imagine #XAI #AIart️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️

Video recording now available from Dossetor Centre Health Ethics Seminar - "Everyday Ethics: A Conceptual Introduction" presented on 11 June 2026 by Monique Visser, RN, MBE, HEC-C, Clinical Ethicist, Health Shared Services, AHS. youtu.be/bPqvcGUlJ_0?si=9YIM… via @YouTube

We've got a spicy one today! Is the death penalty right or wrong? Does it uplift or undermine human dignity? NEW episode with professor, author, and ethicist Dr. J Daryl Charles. @NathanJClarkson and I don't just discuss this topic this time. We DEBATE it. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

My issue is that you claim to be a centrist yet accuse others of "mental delusion" or "woke mind virus" for refusing to reaffirm a positive view of Elon. I would think the same of Elon if he were liberal! I simply do not understand why you think it is a "retarded" conclusion to draw that Elon is a narcissist who has deep insecurities, because he's a good entrepreneur. The fact that he's very good at building rockets and cars does not immunize him in the slightest from being a narcissist who has deep insecurities. And as I have stated before, he's extremely close-minded. He has unfollowed accounts that he previously retweeted multiple times because they disagree with him on one issue (like i/o, who he followed for months and then stopped reposting when i/o pointed out that the South African government is not committing white genocide). His close-mindedness and childishness lead to his failure at DOGE - any competent economist or adviser could have told him the goals he was setting were impossible, but there were none left, because he surrounded himself with yes-men. Any competent ethicist could have told him that cutting the 0.1% of the budget that goes to saving kids in Africa from malaria is probably not a good idea.

"There is more to life than increasing its speed." - Mahatma Gandhi brainyquote.com/quotes/mahat… Mahatma Gandhi, born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who led the successful nonviolent campaign for India's independence from British rule. Through his philosophy of satyagraha and landmark actions like the 1930 Salt March, he became one of the world's foremost models of nonviolent resistance and inspired civil rights movements led by figures such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela. (1869-1948)

You should understand this within the greater context of the ultimate "AI Alignment", with Pope as the ultimate "AI Ethicist".