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Materialism’s Band-Aid, “Emergence” Is Bad Science

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The idea is that some properties of systems emerge only after a certain level of complexity is reached. Source

What 1,000+ Brain Surgeries Taught About the Mind

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Michael Egnor continues his discussion with Pat Flynn, noting that neither seizures nor Penfield’s brain stimulation provoked abstract thought. Source

In Some Science Contexts, “Emergence” Really Means “We Don’t Know How”

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The word often permits the improbable to be considered probable for the purposes of sounding like science without providing any. Source

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