Contrary to what may be expected, a new study reveals that monogamy offers a better path to societal fertility than polygony.

Techno-spiritualism is here in which we can interact with AI-generated holograms of dead people.

And part two of the New York Times deep dive on the technology and ethics of embryo selection

and designer babies.

These are the stories we'll discuss, and we will also address some of your questions.

I'm your host, Sean McDowell.

And I'm your co-host, Scott Ray.

This is the Think Biblically Weekly Cultural Update, brought you by Talva School Theology, Biola, University.

Scott, you sent me this first article, and it absolutely blew me away because it's so clearly

contrast what I would say is a biblical worldview with an evolutionary worldview, but from this

evolutionary perspective, they come the conclusion that the biblical worldview is actually

best, which doesn't surprise me, but it surprises me when people actually kind of admit it and come

to that conclusion, so to speak. So let's jump in. This is a Canadian publication, and a lot of

contributors are atheist to this, called Quillette,

fascinating publications. And the title is just the problem with polygony. And the subtitles,

society should favor the tried and true norm of monogamous marriage, which is the most

fecund arrangement, most likely to produce children in the

kind and quantity we need. Now, it starts off by talking about how there's men, Elon Musk,

and Andrew Tate, who are kind of being known for having a lot of different children through,

let's just say, non-monogamous means today.

And this raises the question of what is kind of is polygony the future?

Well, they also talk about how there's certain cultures worldwide that still have polygony,

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