Philosophy Wire: Science for… Science?!

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-04-10]: Scientists claim that now we can make babies only with sperm, without the need of a mother. [1]

Science of the 21st century. Science without ethics. Science without religion. We want children but we do not want parents. We have rebelled against our Father for too long now.

Science for science.
Science not for humans…
Sterile science.
Telling you how to have kids…

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Philosophy Wire: Scientific torture...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2015-01-26]: Is there a scientifically sound way to interrogate people? wander many articles after the recent revelation about CIA tortures. [1, 2] When the compass is lost, even the best ship will lead you to the bottom of the sea...

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Philosophy Wire: Science, Prometheus, Rousseau

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-08-13]: Science was invented by a god who who was an enemy to the repose of mankind, as Rousseau mentioned in the "Discourse on the Arts and Sciences" [Hesiod Prometheus]. [1] Along with Pascal and Nietzsche, Rousseau knew that what made the people in his era enthusiastic, had a dark side as well. But no one listened to them. The power of the majority to support the wrong thing is unbeatable...

Related article: Pascal

Note: Check the respective Greek version of this post (Επιστήμη, Προμηθέας, Ρουσσώ) for a short analysis of Prometheus in the work of Hesiod.

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