26Sep 2023 by Post

For Males, an Engineering Marvel that Originates in the Brain

Actin, bioactivity, brain, calcium ions, corpus cavernosum, ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, erectile tissue, erection, guanylate cyclase, human physiology, humans, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, Life Sciences, Medicine, motor neurons, muscles, myosin, Neuroscience & Mind, nitric oxide, nitric oxide signaling pathway, pelvic floor, penis, physiological processes, prostate gland, reproduction, seminal fluid, seminal vesicles, smooth muscle cells, sperm cells, vaginal cavity, vas deferens
The male erection and ejaculatory reflex require multiple physiological processes to work together in an incredible coordinated manner. Source
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20Sep 2023 by Post

Study: Brain Is Still Active After Death

brain, consciousness, cosmic fine-tuning, CPR, Dartmouth College, Durham University, Elsevier, hospitals, Langone Medical Center, Marcelo Gleiser, Medicine, near-death experiences, Neuroscience & Mind, NYU, oxygen deprivation, persistent vegetative state, Philip Goff, Rachel Nuwer, researchers, Resuscitation (journal), Sam Parnia, Scientific American, wrongthink
Obviously, these experiences point to something that is irrelevant to claims about evolution. Source
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12Sep 2023 by Post

Woke Science: Affirmative Action as a Health Measure

affirmative action, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Asians, bioethicists, blacks, college admissions, Diversity, Education, Harvard University, health care, Hispanics, medical journals, medical schools, Medicine, people of color, physicians, Supreme Court, whites
“Expert” class imperialism over purely political issues continues apace. Affirmative action is now a form of societally administered health care. Source
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24Aug 2023 by Post

Right Brain Vs. Left Brain? It’s Murky

brain, brain correlates, Creativity, Healthline, Iain McGilchrist, language, learning styles, left brain, left-handedness, lobes, Medicine, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, Neuroscience News, personality, preferences, right brain, Robert H. Shmerling, Scott Barry Kaufman, The Matter with Things, vertebrates, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Vertebrates generally have brains divided into two lobes, an arrangement that may go back half a billion years. Source
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01Aug 2023 by Post

Clues About Consciousness from Dementia Research

Andrew Peterson, brain, Cait Kearney, Canada, consciousness, deeply forgetful, dementia, Dignity for Deeply Forgetful People, euthanasia, lucidity, Medicine, memory, neurobiology, neurodegenerative diseases, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, paradoxical lucidity, Parnia Lab, Penn Memory Center, Stephen Post, Stony Brook University
The phenomenon is called "paradoxical lucidity" because it is unexpected and we know very little about its causes. Source
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06Jul 2023 by Post

The Human Body as a Marvel of Engineering

Center on Human Exceptionalism, Discovery Institute, Engineering, engineers, heritability, Howard Glicksman, human body, Humanize, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Medicine, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, Podcast, random mutation, Steve Laufmann, Wesley J. Smith, Your Designed Body
“The systems that are required to make the human body work,” says Steve Laufmann, “are exactly the kinds of things that engineers design and build.” Source
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