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Minding the Brain

Latest from Discovery Institute Press, Minding the Brain Is an Amazon #1 New Release

Congratulations to the editors, Angus Menuge, Brian Krouse, and Robert J. Marks! Read More ›
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Chameleon Vision — A Unique Marvel of Design

A few days ago, my kids and I visited the wonderful tropical aquarium and zoo Haus des Meeres (House of the Sea) in Vienna. Read More ›
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Study: Brain Is Still Active After Death

Obviously, these experiences point to something that is irrelevant to claims about evolution. Read More ›
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Medical Authoritarianism Continues to Expand

We live in a time where individual freedom is under material threat from an emerging technocracy. Read More ›
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Right Brain Vs. Left Brain? It’s Murky

Vertebrates generally have brains divided into two lobes, an arrangement that may go back half a billion years. Read More ›
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Understanding the Mind: A Neuroscientist and a Psychiatrist Walk into a…

What’s most interesting about this discussion is how well the life of the intellect, engaged by science, gets on without guidance from eliminative materialism. Read More ›
The Miracle of Man
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Mind, Brain, Soul: What’s the Difference? Find Out at the 2023 Westminster Conference

Sam Harris has said that “You can do what you decide to do — but you cannot decide what you will decide to do.” Read More ›
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Clues About Consciousness from Dementia Research

The phenomenon is called "paradoxical lucidity" because it is unexpected and we know very little about its causes. Read More ›
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Neuroscientist Vows: We’ll Nail Consciousness Yet!

Anil Seth, proponent of the “hallucination” theory of consciousness, vows that researchers will find that consciousness spot or circuit in the brain. Read More ›
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Appreciating Bird Mimicry and the Other Exceptional, Designed Talents

Let the reader enjoy the 350+ word vocabulary of Clover, alleged to be the best talking parrot in the world.  Read More ›

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