glowing-brain-on-computer-motherboard-with-a-central-microch-911800884-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date July 27, 2026 CategoriesComputational SciencesMedicineNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , behaviorism, binary logic, body chemistry, brainstem, cerebral cortex, computation, computers, consciousness, Dogs, Dorothea Olkowski, emotion, frogs, hemorrhage, human consciousness, hydrancephaly, hydrocephalus, Jaak Panksepp, language, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Mark Solms:, Michael Egnor, mistakes, near-death experiences, neocortex, neuromodulators, philosophers, reasoning, University of Colorado Could This Be One of Science’s Biggest Mistakes? Denyse O’Leary July 27, 2026 Computational Sciences, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind 6 Actually, computers aren’t even the sort of thing for which consciousness is relevant. Dogs are, and maybe frogs, but not computers. Read More ›
Brain_Project_(31729245655) Type post Author Michael Egnor Date April 1, 2025 CategoriesMedicineNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , anesthesia, brain, brain hemispheres, brainstem, cerebellum, cognition, consciousness, Denyse O'Leary, hydranencephaly, immortality, Karina Kofman, Michael Levin, mind, neurons, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, Research, souls, terminal lucidity, thalamus, The Immortal Mind We Can Learn About the Mind from Damaged Brains Michael Egnor April 1, 2025 Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind 6 Now we have solid neuroscience to show that the theologians and philosophers were and are right. Read More ›
Sodium-potassium_pump_and_diffusion Type post Author Howard Glicksman Date September 17, 2024 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignMedicine Tagged , brainstem, cell membrane, cells, chemicals, death, diffusion, evolutionary biologists, extraterrestrial life, Günter Bechly, hospice, information, just-so stories, molecular machines, neurons, proteins, sodium, Steve Laufmann, The Wonder of Water, water, Your Designed Body Water Is a Problem, and Your Body Has an Ingenious Solution Howard Glicksman September 17, 2024 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine 15 The sodium-potassium pump is an innovation that allows your cells to combat the forces of nature and in doing so, prevents disaster. Read More ›
sleep Type post Author Eric Hedin Date December 12, 2023 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , amygdala, birds, brain, brainstem, dopamine, dreaming, Flight, hippocampus, Howard Glicksman, humans, insects, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, mammals, mice, neurotransmitters, reptiles, sleep, speed, Steve Laufmann, strength, thalamus, unconsciousness, wakefulness, Your Designed Body Sleep — Designed for Our Good Eric Hedin December 12, 2023 Evolution, Intelligent Design 8 The evolutionary mindset operates as a major obstacle to the scientific understanding of sleep. Read More ›
hallucination Type post Author Michael Egnor Date October 19, 2022 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindScience 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 5 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 ›
