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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Ann Gauger
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Eric Hedin
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Denyse O’Leary
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June 13, 2025
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Intelligent Design
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What (If Anything) Physics Can Say About Consciousness

Denyse O’Leary
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 ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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June 11, 2025
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Near-Death Experiences Are Being Taken More Seriously Now

Denyse O’Leary
June 11, 2025
Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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We are seeing a growth in genuine curiosity, which is a welcome change, and likely to be a fruitful one. Read More ›
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Michael Egnor
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June 10, 2025
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Excerpt: As Death Approaches, a Sudden Light 

Michael Egnor and Denyse O’Leary
June 10, 2025
Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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Needless to say, such lucid episodes imply that the mind is more than the disjointed activities of a failing brain. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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June 5, 2025
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Two Neuroscientists on Life, Death, Eternity, and What Really Matters

Denyse O’Leary
June 5, 2025
Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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Lee Warren interviews Michael Egnor on his book. It's a lively and accessible chat about how the human mind is not simply the brain and can even survive death. Read More ›
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Michael Egnor
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June 3, 2025
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New Book, The Immortal Mind, Out Today — The Brain Can Be Split, but Not the Mind

Michael Egnor and Denyse O’Leary
June 3, 2025
Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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Even when the brain is split in half, many important aspects of the mind remain unified. Thus, the mind is something that the brain isn’t. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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May 19, 2025
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Intelligent Design
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What Drives All that “New Physics” Hype? Could It Be Fear of Intelligent Design?

Denyse O’Leary
May 19, 2025
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physics
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Many thinkers are troubled by the massive evidence for fine-tuning of our universe. They want to believe that a multiverse just popped into existence. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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May 11, 2025
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Carl Sagan Aside, Earth Is Significant

Denyse O’Leary
May 11, 2025
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Planetology
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Does the view from a vast distance have any relationship to the significance of a human cultural achievement? Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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May 7, 2025
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Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Slow-Witted? Neanderthals Invented Their Own Tech — Didn’t Copy

Denyse O’Leary
May 7, 2025
Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology, Technology
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Neanderthals cannot be the missing link that many paleontologists are looking for. But if the human mind has no history, there is no missing link. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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May 2, 2025
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Study Probes the Origins of Consciousness

Denyse O’Leary
May 2, 2025
Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Understanding consciousness by these means is going to be a much slower process than the researchers had hoped. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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May 1, 2025
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Here Is a New Interpretation for That Alive-and-Dead Quantum Cat

Denyse O’Leary
May 1, 2025
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics
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Schrödinger’s cat has got to be the most famous cat in science. He’s really a thought experiment. Read More ›

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