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Bioethicist Samantha Stephenson rebuts and refines my theory of disembodiment

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Oct 20, 2025
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I have a very special essay to share with you today from someone I deeply respect: Samantha Stephenson is a Catholic author, bioethicist, and host of the podcast Brave New Us: Being Human in the Age of Biotechnology. She blogs here on Substack about faith, family, and the future.

Samantha took issue with my use of the word “disembodi…

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