Author: Denyse O’Leary

People gathered around the red navigation pointer pin. Meeting place concept. A long awaited meeting, a company of friends, acquaintance via the Internet. Event or holiday. Organization of joint trip

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 29, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bank account, brain, cerebellum, consciousness, cortex, hammer, human mind, Local, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, non-local, password, Peter Coppola, Real Clear Science, The Immortal Mind, Wilder Penfield}

Are We Looking for Consciousness in the “Wrong Part” of the Brain?

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September 29, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Al of this reasoning assumes that human consciousness — the human mind — is local. Located in one single place. It probably isn’t. Read More ›

Getting knowledge and solving problem. Logical idea concept. Connecting last jigsaw puzzle piece.

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Carole Hooven, Clarence Darrow, Colin Wright, common descent, Darwinists, Edward Larson, evidence, evolutionary biology, folk beliefs, fundamentalism, gravity, human origins, Jerry Coyne, logic, New York Times, Parting Shot, private truth, public truth, reason, Richard Dawkins, Scopes Monkey Trial, Summer for the Gods, Tennessee, The Story of Testosterone, University of Chicago, William Jennings Bryan}

In Science, the Rising Power of Private Truth

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 22, 2025

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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Many people experience a vast liberation when they are freed from the constraints of logic, reason, and evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 19, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Carl Sagan, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Francis Crick, groupthink, Imperial College London, Interesting Engineering, Leslie Orgel, Live Science, Lynn Margulis, Mark Thompson, Medium, National Geographic, Occam’s razor, origin of life, protocell, Psychology for Mental Health, Robert Endres, Science Sensei, spontaneous emergence, Star Trek, Star Wars, terraforming, Universe Today}

At Present, the Origin of Life Isn’t a Scientific Question; It’s a Political One

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 19, 2025

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Some answers are Correct Groupthink but others will get you Canceled. It’s not clear that the current approach will enable many more insights. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 18, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Àlex Gómez-Marín, American Psychologist, Chronicle of Higher Education, consciousness, Etzel Cardeña, Harold Puthoff, hostility, human mind, Mario Beauregard, materialism, Michael Egnor, Nature (journal), neuroscience, Overton window, physics, Proceedings of the IEEE, remote viewing, Roger Penrose, Russell Targ, Sabine Hossenfelder, Sam Harris, telepathy, The End of Faith, The Immortal Mind, The Spiritual Brain, theories}

In Science, the Cost of Defending Materialism Is Rising

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 18, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Neuroscientist Àlex Gómez-Marín raises — in the very venue that hosts, say, Roger Penrose and Sabine Hossenfelder — the validity of telepathy research. Read More ›

Abstract image representing quantum mechanics and the mysterious world of subatomic particles, quantum, mechanics, physics

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 15, 2025

Categories
Physics
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, conspiracy theory, Daniel Kagan Kans, Eric Weinstein, general relativity, governments, Johns Hopkins University, Leonard Susskind, physical world, physics, Piers Morgan, quantum mechanics, quantum physics, Rob Sheldon, Sabine Hossenfelder, Sean Carroll, string theory, taxpayers, theoretical physicists, tinfoil hat, Wall Street Journal, YouTubers}

“Conspiracy Physics”: Platforming an Attack on Dissenting Scientists

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 15, 2025

Physics, Scientific Freedom

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If physicists now “worry about the consequences” of long-term theory failure, it is reasonable to think that there are more serious problems in the discipline. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 11, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __trending, cancel culture, Christianity, evidence-based medicine, faith and science, Gordon Guyatt, Judaism, Melanie Bennet, New Zealand, Nick Gillespie, private truth, Reason Magazine, Richard Dawkins, Sara Giordano, scientific enterprise, The Genetic Book of the Dead, The God Delusion, Tibi Puiu}

When We Lose Religion, We Lose Science

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 11, 2025

Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Richard Dawkins watches as science teeters off a cliff, yet learns nothing of value. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 9, 2025

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain activity, brain regions, decision-making, hindbrain, human thinking, Live Science, Matteo Carandini, midbrain, motor regions, mouse study, muscle responses, neurons, pop psychology, processing, R. J. Mackenzie, textbooks, visual cortex}

Even in Mice, Decision-Making Is More Complex than We Thought

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 9, 2025

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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If it’s this complex in mice, what are we to make of simplistic representations of human thinking in pop psychology textbooks? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 8, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, assumptions, awake brain surgery, bank account, brain, chimpanzee genome, Chronicles Magazine, consciousness, human mind, John Zmirak, material reality, materialism, materialists, meaning, Michael Egnor, mind, near-death experiences, neuroscientists, neurosurgery, Reductionism, Roman Catholics, science, The Immortal Mind, veridical}

Science Without Materialism: Yes, It Would Still Work

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 8, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy of Science

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What if we assume that our minds really are immaterial? Math still adds up, physics and chemistry are still true, logic still works. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 8, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Biola University, brain, coincidences, corroboration, dates, deception, experiencers, flatline, Gary Habermas, Liberty University, materialist explanations, mind, misperception, mistakes, naturalistic explanations, near-death experiences, numbers, patients, Sean McDowell, YouTube channels}

Near-Death Experiences Cannot Just Be Explained Away

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 8, 2025

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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In some cases, patients who had NDEs while in a state of clinical death report dates and numbers that are later found to be accurate, Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 5, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, artificial inteligence, bat, books, chimp, China, computer program, data, dog, Human, Immanuel Kant, Johns Hopkins University, Jorge Luis Borges, loss, love, memories, Ming Dynasty, mortality, movies, neuroscience, philosophy, quantum realm, Ray Kurzweil, reason, simulation, The Immortal Mind, The Rigor of Angels, Thomas Nagel, Werner Heisenberg, William Egginton}

Your Mind Uploaded to AI Would Not Be You

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 5, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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In death, the immortal mind, whose memories the computer supposedly holds, has moved on. The simulation may be a good one but it is not a surviving self. Read More ›