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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 19, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Aeon, Anil Seth, brain, brain hemispheres, brainstem, consciousness, David Chalmers, materialism, neuroscience, neuroscientists, reality, University of Sussex, Yair Pinto}

Is Consciousness a “Controlled Brain Hallucination”?

_{Michael Egnor
October 19, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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Anil Seth explains away consciousness away using fashionable terms like that. As a pediatric neurosurgeon, I know from clinical experience that he is wrong. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 12, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Aeon, Bernard Wood, brain size, chimpanzees, Denisovans, DNA, evolution, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Lucy, Middle Pleistocene, most recent common ancestor, Neanderthals, pseudogenes, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), William Lane Craig}

Traditional or Not? Assessing William Lane Craig’s Model on Adam and Eve

_{Casey Luskin
November 12, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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I’m having trouble making sense of exactly what his model holds. And it seems I’m not alone. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 2, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, Aeon, artificial intelligence, bioethicists, chemicals, farming, fruit flies, global warming, honey, insects, oysters, peas, personhood, PETA, sentience}

Bioethicists: Insects Are People, Too!

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 2, 2021

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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We have even seen one professor declare the supposed personhood of peas. Now, it is insects’ turn at being anthropomorphized. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 10, 2020

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, adults, Aeon, animals, children, chimpanzees, Darwinian evolution, Denyse O'Leary, emotions, empathy, feelings, human beings, infants, intelligence, intelligent design, just-so stories, Mind Matters, rationality}

Empathy — The Foundation of Human Exceptionalism?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 10, 2020

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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If I gave you 15 seconds you could come up with a pat evolutionary just-so story to account for this, speculating on what reproductive advantage it serves. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 30, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Tagged
, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, Aeon, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, atheism, Big Bang, debate, faith, First Cause, general relativity, laws of physics, logic, marijuana, natural science, natural theology, New Atheism, Peter Atkins, science, Scripture, Singularity, Thomas Aquinas, University of Oxford, William Lane Craig}

Can Science Answer All the “Big” Questions?

_{Michael Egnor
January 30, 2020

Faith & Science, Mathematics

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Peter Atkins is right that science can answer the biggest question we can ask. His problem is that he doesn’t like the answer science provides. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
November 27, 2019

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, Aeon, Darwinian paradigm, Darwinists, evolution, gorillas, Homo sapiens, human origins, Jonathan Wells, Neanderthals, Zombie Science (book)}

The Evolution of Neanderthal Spin

_{Jonathan Witt
November 27, 2019

Human Origins and Anthropology

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If evolutionary theory is true, there were millions of intermediate hominids between our nearest fully ape-like ancestor and ourselves. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 9, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __cedited, Aeon, African Americans, Australia, California, Canada, Darwinism, eugenics, Human Zoos, humanity, humans, India, indigenous people, sterilization, United Nations, USAID, women}

Eugenic Sterilization Is STILL Going On

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 9, 2018

Bioethics

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Robert Wilson’s work brought him into contact with survivors of Canada’s eugenics regime, eventually drawing him into research and advocacy. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, Aeon, Alexa, Amazon, artificial intelligence, biologic institute, culture, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, eugenics, evolution, gravity, heliocentrism, intelligent design, marriage, robot, scientific racism, sex}

Professor: Loving a Robot Is Healthy Because of…Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
April 4, 2018

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution

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A Japanese company, Gatebox, evidently felt that Alexa from Amazon isn’t disturbing enough as something to have around your house. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 28, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __cedited, Aeon, Arthur Eddington, atheism, Big Bang, cosmic fine-tuning, electrons, evil, existence, general relativity, goodness, gravity, Immanuel Kant, Lee Smolin, mind, nature, Phillip Goff, soul, strong nuclear force, universe}

The Universe Reflects a Mind

_{Michael Egnor
February 28, 2018

Faith & Science, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Philosopher Phillip Goff is, intriguingly, on the right track but he errs in his subsequent inference to cosmopsychism. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 30, 2017

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Philosophy
Tagged
, __cedited, Aeon, authoritarianism, carbon, culture, materialism, nihilism}

Only Humans Understand “Significance”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 30, 2017

Arts, Bioethics, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Philosophy

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Materialists believe that, in the end, we are only so many carbon molecules, signifying nothing. Read More ›