Category: Neuroscience & Mind | Page 61 | Science and Culture Today

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David Klinghoffer

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October 30, 2018

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Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physics
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Yes, “Your Brain Is a Machine” — Wait, What?

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October 30, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physics

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One might add that this analysis applies to the world of life as a whole. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

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October 22, 2018

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Neuroscience & Mind
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To Refute Materialism, Consider a Chocolate Sundae

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October 22, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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Either a mind through free will alone may cause scientifically measurable change in the physical world, or we are forced back to embrace blather. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
October 18, 2018

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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Human Computation — A “Practical Application” of Intelligent Design

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October 18, 2018

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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As Denyse O’Leary asks, “Why is it comparatively easy to develop a program to play chess, as opposed to teaching a robot to walk freely?” Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

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October 18, 2018

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Neuroscience & Mind
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A Strange Way of Speaking About the Brain

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October 18, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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A peculiar habit of disassociation is widespread among many who study the brain. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
October 15, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
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Denton, Gilder: The Biology of Surprise

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October 15, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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Darwin’s evolutionary mechanism is just a blunt recipe, an algorithm, and it can only select what is immediately functional. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
October 15, 2018

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Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
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Gilder on Surprise, Creativity, and Human Exceptionalism

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October 15, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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It’s strikes me that this is a difference between design and Darwinian thinking. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 14, 2018

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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Scientific American: Prevention Can Benefit Any Suicidal Person

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October 14, 2018

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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My last hospice patient, Bob, told me that after some months of just wanting to be dead, that he had “come out of the fog.” Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
October 13, 2018

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Neuroscience & Mind
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In a Weekend Doubleheader, Gilder Warns of Silicon Valley and the Planetary Zoo

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October 13, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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Reducing the stature and dignity of human beings to that of animals is the whole project of Darwinism or materialism, whatever you want to call it, in a nutshell. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
September 29, 2018

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Neuroscience & Mind
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Egnor Versus Shallit: Can Brains Learn?

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September 29, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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Egnor he nails it by noting that Shallit, not uniquely, falls victim to the mereological fallacy. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
September 22, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
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Michael Egnor on Animal Generosity

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September 22, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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The failure to understand the gulf that separates humans from animals, and humans from machines, is a source of confusion to rival almost any other. Read More ›