Type post Author Ann Gauger Date December 2, 2015 CategoriesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __k-review, Research, science, Views Brains Are a Mosaic of “Male” and “Female”? It’s Called Being Human Ann Gauger December 2, 2015 Neuroscience & Mind 1 Our brains are too complex to reduce gender differences to physical differences. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date December 1, 2015 CategoriesBioethicsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __k-review, News, science Transhumanists Are Back with Another Immortality Scheme Wesley J. Smith December 1, 2015 Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind 1 Better to buy a Pet Rock than pay to have your head frozen. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date December 1, 2015 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, science, Views Do Perceptions Happen in Your Brain? Michael Egnor December 1, 2015 Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 9 My materialistic interpretation of my perception has led me to infinite regress! Aargh! Read More ›
Type post Date November 30, 2015 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __k-review, Health & Wellness, Research, science Brain Neurons Are Well Organized, Not Spaghetti Cables Science & Culture November 30, 2015 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind 1 Research into the brain shows a hierarchy of design information, with neurons wired together into a vast, coherent library. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date November 24, 2015 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, science Are Abstract Thoughts Just Patterns in Our Brains? Michael Egnor November 24, 2015 Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 1 First, imagine that I am sitting at my desk looking at my dog Pipa. Read More ›
Type post Author Ann Gauger Date November 13, 2015 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __k-review, Colleagues' Responses, Darwin's Doubt, Response to Criticism, science What’s the Mechanism of Intelligent Design? Ann Gauger November 13, 2015 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind 1 University of Toronto biochemist Larry Moran has issued a challenge that advocates of intelligent design have heard before. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date November 13, 2015 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindTechnology Tagged , __k-review, News, science, World Meet “Bob,” the Speech-Making Robot Michael Egnor November 13, 2015 Neuroscience & Mind, Technology 1 The pleonastic fallacy boils down to this: multiplying nonsense doesn't get you sense. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date November 12, 2015 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, science, Views Teaching a Parrot Newton’s Principia Michael Egnor November 12, 2015 Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 1 Dr. Jeffrey Shallit has some more questions regarding my observation that animals are incapable of abstract thought. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date November 11, 2015 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __k-review, Research, science, Views Can Animals Be Taught Concepts? Michael Egnor November 11, 2015 Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind 1 With enough cheese snacks on hand, I can train my Bichon Frise to bark when I point to "4" rather than "3" or "5" after I ask "What is 2 + 2?" Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date November 4, 2015 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, Mind and Technology, science, Views Functionalism in Philosophy of the Mind Michael Egnor November 4, 2015 Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 1 The functionalist perspective is often expressed by quip, "The mind is what the brain does." Read More ›
