Category Archives: luddites

deathist movie

Posted on Thursday, 2009 April 09 by Anton

In Renaissance (2006) there’s a Big Sinister Corporation whose advertising tagline is “Health, Beauty, Longevity.” Oo, scary! I don’t think we’re ever told what Avalon sells (vitamins? cosmetics? medical treatment?) but it doesn’t matter. The noirish visual style suffices to … Continue reading →

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guess what

Posted on Sunday, 2004 December 05 by Anton

Travis doesn’t like “bioethicists” either.

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Elmer Ludd

Posted on Tuesday, 2004 August 31 by Anton

Ronald Bailey slaps Francis Fukuyama silly. Thanks to Monica White and Perry Metzger for the link. (See also Happy Fun Pundit‘s response to Fukuyama’s previous bio-luddite essay.)

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Fukuyama III

Posted on Thursday, 2003 December 04 by Anton

I’ve been looking through my blog archives for major items to add to the “past rants” list on my front page [since removed, Dec’04], as well as for broken links. That activity led me again to Francis Fukuyama’s goofy screed … Continue reading →

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bioethics IV

Posted on Sunday, 2003 June 15 by Anton

Amy Greenwood takes on those pestilential ‘bioethicists’ whom I have heckled more than once. Yes, if the world is different, we will think about it differently. So what? A worldview in flux is not an ethical problem, and why assume … Continue reading →

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bioethics III

Posted on Monday, 2003 March 17 by Anton

Randall Parker goes after the bioLuddethicists at some length. If there’s ever a charity dedicated to rejuvenating the poor, might I suggest that priority be given to those whose native language is dying out?

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a pox on bioethicists II

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 December 17 by Anton

Apparently Mr Bush has created something called the President’s Council on Bioethics. Now, I’ve never heard that term except in connexion with some chin-puller’s opinion that it’s naughty to tamper with God’s Will Nature by curing infertility or whatnot; so … Continue reading →

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