Category: Neuroscience & Mind

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 22, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, biological systems, blood vessels, brain, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, design detection, Discovery Institute, Emily Reeves, engineering, evolutionary accidents, ID the Future, intelligent design, intentional design, Jonathan McLatchie, natural world, planning, Science Team, Seattle, shock absorbers, Studio West, Systems Biology}

How Systems Biology Is Adopting an Engineering Framework

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 22, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Everything from metabolic pathways optimized for efficiency to brain blood vessels designed as protective shock absorbers demonstrates multi-level planning. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 19, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Andrew Huberman, animal impulse, Arthur Brooks, calling, citations, Darwinian evolution, Dogs, dopamine, enjoyment, evolution, faith, foresight, h-index, happiness, Huberman Lab, human agents, human brain, human exceptionalism, humans, idols, intelligent design, love, macronutrients, mammals, meaning, Microsoft Word, moral aspiration, neuroscience, parahippocampal gyrus, persistence, philosophy, planning, pleasure, prefrontal cortex, rape, religion, satisfaction, survival of the fittest, thirst, virtue, water, worship}

Happiness Comes When Humans Fulfill Our Designed Purpose

_{Emily Reeves
October 19, 2026

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Our mind, our brain, our physical as well as our metaphysical existence are all designed to deliver satisfaction only after our suffering toward a goal. Read More ›

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Date
October 13, 2026

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aeon, Arizona, artificial inteligence, computer scientists, COSM 2026, David Hume, education, freedom, friendship, Hugging Face, human exceptionalism, Immanuel Kant, injustice, intelligence, large language models, machines, optimisation, philosophers, philosophy, Reality Check, reason, Sasha Mudd, Scottsdale}

With Our Exceptional Place in Nature, Human Reason Is Much More than Machine “Reason”

_{Science & Culture
October 13, 2026

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Skeptical Hume held that “Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions,” and can “never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 12, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bones, China, Daniel R. Storm, David J. Linden, evolution, human brain, injuries, intelligent design, kludge, mice, Nature Neuroscience, Nautilus, neuroscience, PIEZO1, pigs, shins, Southern Medical University, stem cells, strokes, The Accidental Mind, traumatic brain injuries, vesicles, Zachary S. Scheiner}

Book on “Brain Evolution” Hasn’t Aged Well

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 12, 2026

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The first problem they mention is magnified. We haven’t got anywhere near figuring out “how the brain works.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 8, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abortion, adults, babies, brain hemispheres, brain tissue, brainstem, complexity, concepts, consciousness, dementia, Denyse O’Leary, desires, diencephalon, emotions, fetuses, human sacrifice, humanity, hydranencephaly, Lindsay Clancy, Mayans, memories, mental illness, mentally handicapped people, Michael Egnor, mothers, neurosurgeons, New York Times, newborns, parents, perceptions, sulfur, The Immortal Mind, ultrasound, unborn children, unwanted children}

NY Times Aside, “Babies Are Obviously Conscious,” Says Dr. Egnor

_{David Klinghoffer
October 8, 2026

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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If there an “active scientific debate” about it, then could it really be that the answer isn’t so clear? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 5, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anger, animal rights, Anthropic, anthropomorphizing, artificial intelligence, body, Christopher Olah, compassion, computer engineers, confession, consciousness, developers, dignity, disease, disgrace, Donald Trump, fear, financial value, love, machine consciousness., moral status, moral turpitude, New York Times, personhood, philosophers, programming, rabbis, religious leaders, René Descartes, respect, rights, sadness, sin, slavery}

Get a Grip: “Claude” Isn’t a Person

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 5, 2026

Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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"The [AI] model spoke about destroying itself, provoking an emotional reaction of compassion and concern from the group." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 5, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, biology, body, brain, brain damage, Denyse O’Leary, ideas, immaterial genome, immaterial reality, information, instantiations, intellect, materialistic paradigm, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, physical organs, Plato, quantum world, Richard Sternberg, Secrets of the Human Body, The Immortal Mind, will}

Dr. Egnor: The “Platonic Turn” in Science

_{David Klinghoffer
October 5, 2026

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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There is a “disconnect” between a physical organ of the body — the brain — and the “immortal mind,” the human spirit, that transcends it. Read More ›

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Date
September 28, 2026

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Ars Technica, brain, designer, engineering, evolution, forebrain, hindbrain, John Timmer, midbrain, Nature (journal), nervous system, neurons, neuroscience, reptilian brain, signaling molecules, skin, Stanford University, tail, Tudor Tarita, two brains, vertebrates, ZME Science}

Remarkable Engineering and the “Two Brains” Myth

_{Science & Culture
September 28, 2026

Biology, Engineering, Neuroscience & Mind

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Did two brains evolve into one? This is not a left brain/right brain thing. It is more like claims for a reptilian brain underlying our mammalian one. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 28, 2026

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, ant swarms, Audrey Dussutour, biology, brain, carbon, cognition, consciousness, cuttlefish, eliminative materialism, eyes, fungi, Hokkaido University, human exceptionalism, humans, intelligence, jellyfish, limbs, Michael Levin, mouth, nuclei, oat flakes, panpsychism, Physarum polycephalum, plants, protoplasm, Samanth Subramanian, silicon, The Guardian, Tokyo, Toshiyuki Nakagaki, trees}

Slime Smarts: These Brainless Blobs Are Brighter than You Thought

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 28, 2026

Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Some want to claim that slime molds poses a threat to the idea that humans are exceptional. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 22, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, arithmetic, brain, denial, Denyse O’Leary, dualism, emotions, human existence, humans, intellect, materialism, memories, Michael Egnor, mind, movement, neuroscience, neuroscientists, open-brain surgery, organs, philosophers, reality, Secrets of the Human Body, sensations, soul, The Immortal Mind, theologians, Wilder Penfield, will}

Dr. Egnor: Denying the Mystery of the Mind

_{David Klinghoffer
September 22, 2026

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The mind, operating outside the body, can use reason to add 1 and 1 and reach a sum of 2. The brain cannot. Read More ›