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April 20, 2025

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Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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, Angus Menuge, animals, artificial intelligence, Benjamin Libet, brain, C. elegans, ChatGPT, computer, Denyse O'Leary, determinism, Dogs, free will, human exceptionalism, Humanize, large language models, machines, Michael Egnor, mind, Minding the Brain, neuroscience, podcast, The Immortal Mind, totalitarianism, Wesley J. Smith}

Are “Mind” and “Brain” the Same Thing?

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April 20, 2025

Human Exceptionalism, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor passionately argues that denying free will undermines moral responsibility and paves the way for totalitarian ideologies. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 18, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, assisted suicide, bioethics, Cell (journal), cells, embryo research, embryos, ethicists, fertilization, fetal farming, humans, New York Times, organ harvesting, patients, petri dish, redefinition, stem cells, zygote}

“Expedience Bioethics” Busts Moral Limits

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 18, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

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When embryonic research first started, we were told that there would be a strict 14-day limit on researching embryos in petri dishes. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 16, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Philosophy
Tagged
, bioethics, culture, disabilities, elderly, Ezekiel Emanuel, family, friendship, geriatric suicide, mentally ill, Peter Singer, philosophers, Princeton University, suicide, Switzerland, The Atlantic}

Depraved: New York Times Pushes Assisted Suicide for the Elderly

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 16, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Philosophy

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The victims of such a nihilistic mindset will be the elderly, people with disabilities, the mentally ill, and the seriously sick in an ever-widening swath. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 11, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, brain, consciousness, doctors, epilepsy, free will, human mind, material cause, Michael Egnor, mind, Mother Teresa, neurosurgeons, seizures, unconsciousness}

From Seizures, a Healthy Respect for the Brain

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 11, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Webb Wright’s roundup of historical approaches to epilepsy is not very insightful, unfortunately. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 9, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Psychology
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, China, culture, depression, diagnosis, dissidents, King’s College, mental illness, psychiatry, Russia, schizophrenia}

Dissent Becomes a Mental Illness

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 9, 2025

Medicine, Psychology, Scientific Freedom

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A healthcare historian looks at the history of the use of psychiatry to crush alternative viewpoints. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 8, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, alien hand syndrome, biotechnology, brain, consciousness, corpus callosotomy, corpus callosum, hemispheres, language, Michael Egnor, neuroscientists, Nobel Prize, Roger Sperry, sci-fi, split-brain patients, The Immortal Mind, The Scientist}

One Brain, Two Consciousnesses?

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 8, 2025

Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The idea that split-brain surgery can create two separate minds is immortal — in science fiction. Read More ›

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Date
April 7, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Anthony Fauci, COVID-19, epidemiologists, Francis Collins, free speech, Jay Bhattacharya, lockdowns, National Institutes of Health, Newsweek, Scott Atlas, The Free Press, The New England Journal of Medicine, Washington Post, Wesley J. Smith}

At NIH, Bhattacharya Wants to Restore Open Inquiry

_{Science and Culture
April 7, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Scientific Freedom

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Restoring open discussion is certainly worth a try. Science advances more from doubt than from certainty. Read More ›

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Author
Martin Hilbert

Date
April 7, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, angels, brain, Christianity, Christof Koch, disease, faith and science, hallucination, Heaven, Hell, hospice, jesus, materialism, mind, near-death experiences, providence, Psychology Today, Roman Catholic, Seattle, terminal lucidity, trauma}

The Undiscovered Country… Discovered?

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April 7, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Such cases may have been around since prehistoric times. Some researchers even suggest that they may have given rise to the popular artistic images of angels. Read More ›

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Date
April 6, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain implant, California, cerebral cortex, communication, frustration, isolation, paralysis, speech, stroke, Tibi Puiu, ZME Science}

Implant Lets a Disabled Woman Speak Her Thoughts

_{Science and Culture
April 6, 2025

Engineering, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The key benefit of the system is that it is much faster than traditional methods, cutting the time from internal speech to audible speech to three seconds. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 2, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, brain, brain surgery, Christof Koch, Denyse O'Leary, Integrated information theory, memories, mind, neuroscience, Robert J. Marks II, The Immortal Mind, Wilder Penfield}

Debating the Legacy of Neuroscientist Wilder Penfield

_{Michael Egnor
April 2, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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How much more evidence is necessary to draw the scientific inference that activation of brain networks is insufficient to generate abstract thought? Read More ›