by Dr Roland Chia | May 3, 2021 | Pulse
May 2021 Pulse On 6 and 7 July 2019, TransVision held a major conference in London on the theme ‘Humanity+’. A quick scrutiny of the topics that this conference, and its twenty-two distinguished speakers, will immediately make clear the fundamental concern of...
by Dr Roland Chia | Apr 19, 2021 | Pulse
April 2021 Pulse Researchers have successfully developed and grown model versions of very early human embryos or blastocyst by ‘re-programming’ stem cells taken from adults. Scientists believe that this very significant breakthrough would enable them to study the...
by Dr Roland Chia | Apr 5, 2021 | Pulse
April 2021 Pulse On 6 December 2019, Chris Stewart, a Republican congressman from Utah, introduced the Fairness for All Act (FFA), a piece of legislation whose stated purpose is to strike a balance between religious liberty and sexual orientation and gender identity...
by Dr Roland Chia | Mar 15, 2021 | Pulse
March 2021 Pulse In the past twenty years or so, a number of studies have been conducted to ascertain whether there are significant differences between children raised by same-sex couples and those raised by opposite-sex couples. The results of these studies...
by Dr Roland Chia | Mar 1, 2021 | Pulse
March 2021 Pulse On 23 Jan 19, Minister for Communications and Information, S. Iswaran, announced that Singapore has released a framework on how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used ethically and responsibly in businesses. Making this announcement at the World...
by Dr Roland Chia | Feb 15, 2021 | Pulse
February 2021 Pulse In an article published by The Straits Times (October 25, 2018) entitled ‘Meritocracy and the Paradox of Success’, Education Minister Ong Ye Kung observes that meritocracy, which arises ‘from a belief in fairness, seems to have paradoxically...
