02May 2025 by Post

Study Probes the Origins of Consciousness

Allen Brain Institute, Allison Parshall, anatomy, COGITATE, cognition, consciousness, decisions, Denyse O'Leary, Global Workspace Theory, Integrated information theory, Intelligent Design, Michael Egnor, Nautilus, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, neuroscientists, prefrontal cortex, pseudoscience, Robert Chis-Ciure, Science Daily, The Immortal Mind, The New England Journal of Medicine, University of Sussex
Understanding consciousness by these means is going to be a much slower process than the researchers had hoped. Source
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23Apr 2025 by Post

Back to the Future with Larry Sanger — And Chris Rufo, Richard Sternberg, and Michael Egnor

Antonio Gramsci, Bible, Christianity, Christopher Rufo, Communists, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, DNA, Evolution, How the Regime Rules, Intelligent Design, Larry Sanger, Marxists, Michael Egnor, Michael Levin, Plato, Plato's Revenge, political science, Richard Sternberg, scripture, Stephen Meyer, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, Timaeus, Wall Street Journal, Wikipedia, William Dembski
There is something thrilling about looking back at a neglected text or person from the past and finding that — wow! — it or he speaks to issues of my own day. Source
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20Apr 2025 by Post

Are “Mind” and “Brain” the Same Thing?

Angus Menuge, animals, Artificial Intelligence, bacon, Benjamin Libet, brain, C. elegans, ChatGPT, computer, Denyse O'Leary, determinism, Dogs, free will, free won't, human exceptionalism, Humanize, large language models, machines, Medicine, Michael Egnor, mind, Minding the Brain, neural mechanisms, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, philosophy, Podcast, The Immortal Mind, totalitarianism, Wesley J. Smith
Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor passionately argues that denying free will undermines moral responsibility and paves the way for totalitarian ideologies. Source
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21Feb 2025 by Post

Dawkins and Picard Win This Year’s Trotter Prize

affective computing, American Humanist Association, C.S. Lewis, Charlie Townes, clash, Culture & Ethics, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, debates, Denis Noble, Denyse O'Leary, Faith & Science, Francis Collins, Francis Crick, Ide P. Trotter Sr., Intelligent Design, James Shapiro, Mendelian genetics, Micah Green, Michael Egnor, Miracles (book), MIT, Old Testament, qualia, Richard Dawkins, Roger Penrose, Rosalind Picard, Rudder Theatre, Santa Fe, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen Jay Gould, Steven Pinker, Steven Weinberg, Stuart Kauffman, Texas A&M University, The Better Angels of Our Nature, The Blind Watchmaker, The End of Christianity, The Third Way of Evolution, Trotter Prize, Tufts University, violence, Zeitgeist
A reflection on the 2025 Trotter Prize Lecture delivered by Oxford's Richard Dawkins and MIT's Rosalind Picard. Source
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17Dec 2024 by Post

What Does Your Brain Do? And What Can It Not Do?

Aristotle, augustine, blood, brains, carbon dioxide, Denyse O'Leary, emotions, free will, heart, Intellect, kidneys, mathematics, Medicine, memories, Montreal Neurological Institute, muscles, Mystery of the Mind, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, oxygen, pain, philosophy, Plato, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, urine, Wilder Penfield
A surprising result of pioneering neurosurgery was the discovery that some mental processes could be stimulated in the brain but others could not be. Source
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11Dec 2024 by Post

Our View of Nature Matters; Here’s Why

Adolf Hitler, authoritarianism, beauty, Berghof, Cambridge, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Colorado, dehumanization, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute Academy, DiscoveryU, Education, Evolution, German-Austrian border, information codes, Intelligent Design, Long Story Short, meadows, Michael Egnor, mountains, nature, serenity, Stephen Meyer, The Immortal Mind, YouTube videos
I was standing amidst the ruins of the Berghof, Hitler’s retreat near the German-Austrian border, where some of the worst atrocities in history were planned. Source
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04Dec 2023 by Post

Scientists Behaving Badly: Suppressing Intelligent Design Was Only the Start

activists, alarmism, Ann Gauger, cancel culture, censorship, climate change, climate disruption, climate science, Climate Uncertainty and Risk, ClimateGate, COVID-19, craziness, Denyse O'Leary, Education, Evolution News, free speech, funding, gatekeepers, Geology, global warming, Intelligent Design, Judith Curry, Medicine, misconduct, Peter Biles, Springer Nature, Wesley J. Smith
The best that each of us can do to fight back is to continue educating as many people as possible. Source
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