Jonathan MS Pearce

Jonathan MS Pearce

Philosopher, author, columnist, public speaker.

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Biophysicist: Society will 'eventually accept' designer babies

"Why wait 100,000 years for natural selection to do its job?"

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This clusterf*** is bigger than you think

Enjoying a morsel of good news in one corner of the world? Snap out of it.

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The saved and the damned of Proxima Centauri B

How might Christianity work intelligent alien life into their worldview? Did everyone get a Jesus?

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Gen Z views are rapidly splitting in half by gender—and the gap is not small

Today’s young people are going through a significant shift. Young women appeared to be more concerned with and aligned to progressive values and issues, while young men are moving in a more conservative direction.

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About that handcart: Where’s it going?

Over the decades, and even centuries, people have variously claimed that we are, indeed, heading in the wrong direction.

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Patagonia company owner gives it away to Planet Earth in perpetuity

Reading Time: 3 minutes The owner of outdoor clothing and equipment company Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard, is giving the entire company away to support the environment and fight climate change devastation, something that many in the humanist community interested in helping our planet, will laud. Yvon Ch

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One cosmic incarnation or (very, very) many?

Would there be an alien Jesus? What would it look like?

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An ethical maze: Designing babies for a greater good?

Reading Time: 16 minutes “At ten months old, we were told he would need a heart transplant. There was no cure for his condition, so we would have to go to Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital at some point. If they had a bed. And a heart. And agreed to the procedure.” Great Ormond Street, the fam