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Is the Cause Just? Harnessing the Powers of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Conduct War

Unmanned aerial vehicles have fundamentally altered the way the United States conducts military operations. Drone technology is becoming an increasingly important part of the country’s armory, as many unmanned systems are in development and will likely enter service in the future. The increasingly frequent use of drones raises questions about the morality of warfare and… Read more Is the Cause Just? Harnessing the Powers of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Conduct War

AI and Big Data Inforgraphic

Most people when they think of Big Data, don’t think of it and Artificial Intelligence technologies together. Artificial Intelligence is used to help process this information taking it in from pattern recognition software that will be able to predict behavior so that ADs and other targeting can be used. This infographic is an approachable view… Read more AI and Big Data Inforgraphic

The Potential and Implications of Bioprinting Organs

link: <https://create.piktochart.com/output/33132456-the-potential-and-implications-of-bioprinting-organs>   For more information: ATF. “Find the Information You’ve Been Looking For.” American Transplant Foundation, 2018, www.americantransplantfoundation.org/about-transplant/. Ferro, Angela, Ferro, Dominic. “The Potential and Implications of Bioprinting Organs”. Oct, 2018. Gurdita, Akshay. “5 Most Promising 3D Printed Organs for Transplant.” All3DP, 4 June 2018, all3dp.com/2/5-most-promising-3d-printed-organs-for-transplant/. Pavlovich, Slaviana.”Should Society Encourage The Development Of 3D… Read more The Potential and Implications of Bioprinting Organs

Emerging Ethical Issues in Current and Future Prosthetics

With the increasing use of prosthetics, what ethical issues raise concern as technology advances? How can we expect to deal with these concerns? Read and learn as you flip through the following slideshow! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DpLqyuxf_MrvkygfNED6GHEiCzWyOFsxfULZJSo2F64 For even more in-depth info, check out these cool articles!!! Ziegler‐Graham K, MacKenzie EJ, Ephraim PL, Travison TG, Brookmeyer R. Estimating the Prevalence of… Read more Emerging Ethical Issues in Current and Future Prosthetics

The Philosophy of an Atheist; Truth, Democracy, and Humanity

In severa, discussions of the production and impacts of scientific knowledge, we almost always mention democracy.  We claim that we need to make the development of scientific knowledge more democratic, we claim that a democratic system works for the spread of ideas.  Why do we claim this?  Is there any reason for saying that knowledge… Read more The Philosophy of an Atheist; Truth, Democracy, and Humanity

Is Science truly Unbiased and Impersonal?

By Colin Reynolds, Andrew Yatsuhashi, and Dominic Ferro *all authors contributed equally to this work* Science, with its strict rules and calculations, is meant to be impersonal and unbiased. On the contrary, the basic definition of objectivity reveals that there is no such thing as impersonal or unbiased science. While scientists have made great strides… Read more Is Science truly Unbiased and Impersonal?