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Organ-Procurement Goofs Threaten Trust

The “dead donor rule” is the cement that binds the public’s trust in organ transplant medicine. Read More ›
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From Science, New Respect for Non-Materialist Understandings of the Mind

Yes, there are still people who insist that science can only consider material causes and concepts. Read More ›
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How Understanding Points Beyond Physicalism

A computer science professor shows, using logic, how you must be more than mere matter. Read More ›
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Bill Dembski: Pursuing Truth and Trust in AI and LLMs

Dembski and I also explore the potential for AI to enhance human capabilities and education if used judiciously. Read More ›
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Where in the Brain Does the Mind Reside?

A rabbi asks neurosurgeon Michael Egnor how consciousness can exist without a place in the brain. Read More ›
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Prehistoric Humans Were Not So Brutish After All

Overall, our ancestors have persistently failed to be anywhere near as stupid as current evolutionary theory requires.  Read More ›
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On Fish Intelligence, We’re Misled by Darwinian Assumptions

The world of life is full of intelligence. Its intensity varies not with distance from the supposedly accidental human but with the life form’s need for it.  Read More ›
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An Ancient Argument for the Soul

Sixteen hundred years ago, Augustine tells a friend about a dream a skeptical local doctor had, where a sharp youth asked him some pointed questions. Read More ›
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AI Corruption of Science Papers Becomes Evident

Reliance on machine-written material may signal a long and continuing decline in the quality of research in many fields. Read More ›
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Slime Mold: Thanks for the Memories

In recent decades, researchers have been learning about memory in slime molds which have neither a brain nor neurons. Read More ›

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