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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 7, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, Benjamin Libet, human mind, immateriality, Lee Warren, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, near-death experiences, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Roman Catholics, Sean McDowell, Skeptic Magazine, The Immortal Mind, Wilder Penfield}

Piers Morgan Hosts Michael Egnor on Near-Death Experiences

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July 7, 2025

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Near-death experiences headlined the discussion. But Dr. Egnor made clear that there is much other evidence for the reality of the human soul. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 2, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, animal behavior, animal communication, animal languages, artificial inteligence, cats, communication, ethology, humans, kittens, National Geographic}

The Tao of Meow: Cats Mew Mostly for Humans

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July 2, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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It might be smart to ask people who work with animals to interpret some of this first. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 29, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Baruch Spinoza, Christianity Today, civilization, cultural Christianity, Elon Musk, Jordan Peterson, Mona Lisa, Richard Dawkins, Tom Holland}

To Save Civilization, Will “Cultural Christianity” Suffice?

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June 29, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Elon Musk told Jordan Peterson that he is a cultural Christian in an interview broadcast on X last July. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 28, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Arts
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstractions, amphibians, birds, cars, cave bears, cephalopods, driving, fish, Flight, human consciousness, human exceptionalism, natural selection, reptiles, University of Sydney}

Birds Don’t Drive Buicks Because of … Evolution, You See

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June 28, 2025

Archaeology, Arts, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind

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This all seems a roundabout way of saying that humans are exceptional. And here’s the question that no one in evolutionary biology has the answer to. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 27, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, Battle of the Big Bang, Big Bang, black hole, Elie Feder, mind, multiverse, Niayesh Afshordi, Paul Sutter, Phil Halper, physicists, physics, quantum particles, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Singularity, Stony Brook University, string theory, uncertainty, universe}

The Very “Nature of the Universe” Puzzles Physicists

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June 27, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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The more physicists know about the universe, the larger loom some questions about ultimate realities. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 25, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Andrew McDiarmid, bonobos, Bornean orangutans, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, DNA, genetics, genomes, gorillas, humans, junk DNA, Nature (journal), Pan paniscus, reality, Research, siamangs, Smithsonian Institution, statistics, Sumatran orangutans}

Why Is the 1 Percent Myth So Beloved?

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June 25, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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When a belief conflicts with common sense present-day reality, it is usually upholding an irrational value. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 20, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Annaka Harris, consciousness, dualism, eliminative materialism, Giulio Tononi, hardware, Hedda Hassel Mørch, illusion, Integrated information theory, materialism, matter, Nautilus, panpsychism, particles, physicalism, software}

Weighing Whether Matter Itself Is Conscious

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June 20, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy of Science

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To say that consciousness is real is to say that the immaterial world is, in principle, real. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 17, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Annaka Harris, brains, Carlo Rovelli, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, eliminative materialism, Four Horsemen, idealism, illusion, Lee Smolin, materialists, New Atheists, octopus, panpsychism, quantum mechanics, Sam Harris, self, universe}

A Conscious Universe?

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June 17, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Annaka Harris seems to be fleeing eliminative materialism — the snake that eats its own tail. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 17, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, animal, behavior, brain, death, disintegration, dying, ethics, evil, good, Human, human body, human soul, immortality, justice, mind, near-death experiences, Peter Kreeft, physical world, rational soul, terminal lucidity}

Immortality of the Soul Is a Reasonable Belief

_{Michael Egnor and Denyse O’Leary
June 17, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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The annihilationists are being careless. They assume that the physical flame just disappears. Actually, it doesn’t. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 13, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, astrophysicists, awareness, Dogs, Edward Feser, eliminative materialism, Ethan Siegel, human mind, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, physical reality, physics, sentience, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Nagel}

What (If Anything) Physics Can Say About Consciousness

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June 13, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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What about objects? If we want to argue that they have consciousness too, we need to define the term differently from the experiential way we usually do. Read More ›