Hello, Materialists, Let’s Weigh and Measure the Mind

Alain Aspect, Albert Einstein, American Heritage Dictionary, Anton Zeilinger, Charles Murray, Discovery Institute, Hanna Webster, Herbert Benson, human mind, International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, John F. Clauser, Margaret Harris, materialism, Medicine, Michael Egnor, Neuroscience & Mind, New England Skeptical Society, placebo effect, Popular Mechanics, quantum Zeno effect, Steven Novella, sugar pill, terminal lucidity, The Immortal Mind, The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, Vaccines
A recent review of our book provides a chances to reflect on mind verus matter — and materialism. Source
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Do Brain-Jolts Really Explain Near-Death Experiences?

Alex Hughes, Anna Stone, Anomalistic Psychology, BBC, BBC Science Focus, Chris French, consciousness theories, enhanced experience, fulfilment, Goldsmiths University, happiness, human consciousness, materialism, medical science, Medicine, Michael Egnor, Money, morality, near-death experiences, Neuroscience & Mind, paranormal, religion, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, sensory stimuli, The Immortal Mind
One change I have noticed recently is that science writers seem a bit more careful with the topic than they used to be. Source
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Questioning the Science Experts: Is It Even Permitted?

Blaise Pascal, COVID-19, Darwinism, epidemiologists, Evolution, experts, global cooling, global warming, Great Barrington Declaration, House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, Intelligent Design, J. Budziszewski, Jonathan Haidt, journalists, medical professionals, Medicine, Pandemic of Lunacy, People for the American Way, political debates, psychologist, schools, scientific reasoning, scientists, University of Texas at Austin, workplaces
If you're trying to do ID science, it's a little bit easier to be intellectually honest, because you have to work harder to make the case for your claim. Source
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Ethics Journal Urges MANDATORY Abortion for Pregnant Minors

abortion, antiboyism, antigirlism, authoritarianism, baby, bioethics, breasts, California, carefreeness, Children, China, choice, coercion, discrimination, Ethics (journal), force, gestating, gestation, girls, Medicine, mothering, peer-reviewed journals, philosophers, physical restraint, pregnancy, pro-abortion, pro-choice, pro-life, sedation, terminology, totalitarianism, Transgender, University of British Columbia
There is a word to describe “philosophy” like this: totalitarian. Indeed, it reminds me of China’s “one-child” policy. Source
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How Life Leverages the Laws of Nature to Thrive

albumin, blood, capillaries, cell death, Darwinian narrative, death, dying, Engineering, Eric Anderson, hormones, Howard Glicksman, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, laws of nature, life, liver, living systems, Medicine, minerals, physics, Podcast, proteins, Steve Laufmann, water, Your Designed Body
Left to their own devices, the natural result of physics and chemistry is death, not life. So how are we still breathing? Source
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Terminal Lucidity Points to Indestructible Personhood

abstract thought, brain, brain function, communication, consciousness, death, Denyse O'Leary, emotions, free will, Human Identity, ID The Future, materialism, medical literature, Medicine, memories, memory, Michael Egnor, mind, movements, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, physicalism, reason, seizures, sensations, terminal lucidity, The Immortal Mind, Threshold
Why would the human mind sometimes appear strongest when the brain is weakest? We begin a two-part conversation discussing the phenomenon of terminal lucidity. Source
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The Ingenious Cellular Structure that Keeps Us Alive

biology, cell's, chemical balance, chemicals, Darwinian theory, Energy, Engineering, Eric Anderson, friction, heat transfer, Howard Glicksman, human body, ID The Future, intelligent cause, Intelligent Design, matter, Medicine, organisms, physicians, Podcast, Steve Laufmann, system of systems, systems engineers, Your Designed Body
In the “just so” stories of the Darwinian narrative, these engineering solutions simply evolved. They emerged and got conserved. Voila! Source
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Olfaction in Three Dimensions: Introducing the Nasal Cycle

air, biochemistry, body, breathing, cardiac cycle, cycles, dust, human body, information, Intelligent Design, Krebs cycle, medical research, medical school, Medicine, nasal cycle, nose, nostrils, olfaction, physicians, Popular Science, respiratory function, scientists, turbinates
Besides the nose helping the mouth to bring in air, it also screens out dust and pollutants, while warming and adding water to prepare it for the lungs. Source
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