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

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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?

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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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Terminal Lucidity Points to Indestructible Personhood

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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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Free Will vs. the Totalitarian Temptation

Alain Aspect, Anton Zeilinger, atheists, Benjamin Libet, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, ethics, free will, J.D. Vance, John F. Clauser, logic, meat puppets, Michael Egnor, Minority Report, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, neuroscientists, physics, readiness potential, Robert Sapolsky, Sam Harris, Soviet Union, Stanford University, The Immortal Mind, totalitarianism, United States, Wilder Penfield, Yuval Noah Harari
If our thoughts and choices really are wholly determined, well then what follows? Source
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No. 7 Story for 2025: World’s “Best-Known Journalist” Meets Michael Egnor

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Piers Morgan, who is Catholic, says he already believed in life after death from faith and Scripture. What he wanted, he said, was scientific evidence for it. Source
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Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are the Top 3 Reasons for Optimism on Intelligent Design in 2025

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One reason is the way any materialist explanation of cosmic origins keeps looking more and more implausible. See the new book by Charles Murray on that. Source
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In Study of Human Psychology, the Power of “Maybe”

Antony Flew, artifacts, brain, cave art, death, dying, Gary Wenk, graveyard, human beings, Marilyn Mendoza, Michael Egnor, Neanderthals, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, Ohio State University, paleontology, periaqueductal gray, presumption of atheism, pseudoscience, psychology, Psychology Today, The Immortal Mind, There Is a God
This is not science and is not a good look for a psychology that purports to have some relationship with science. Source
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Near-Death Experiences Fail to Confirm Any Single Belief System

After (book), Belief, Bruce Greyson, Buddhism, Christianity, Denyse O'Leary, divine truth, Faith & Science, folk belief, guardian angel, Jacob Vazquez, medical science, near-death experiences, Neuroscience & Mind, occult belief, The Immortal Mind, theology, Truthful Hope
People of different faiths tend to have experiences consistent with their culture. What does that say about the reality of the experiences? Source
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