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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
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Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
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Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

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Glowing brain on computer motherboard with a central microchip, symbolizing artificial intelligence and advanced computing capabilities. AI technology
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Denyse O’Leary
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July 27, 2026
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Could This Be One of Science’s Biggest Mistakes?

Denyse O’Leary
July 27, 2026
Computational Sciences, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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Actually, computers aren’t even the sort of thing for which consciousness is relevant. Dogs are, and maybe frogs, but not computers. Read More ›
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August 1, 2025
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Where in the Brain Does the Mind Reside?

Science & Culture
August 1, 2025
Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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A rabbi asks neurosurgeon Michael Egnor how consciousness can exist without a place in the brain. Read More ›
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Michael Egnor
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June 4, 2025
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The Boy Who Proved Most Theories of Consciousness Wrong

Michael Egnor
June 4, 2025
Anatomy, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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He was unequivocally conscious — without a cerebral cortex and even without brain hemispheres. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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April 11, 2025
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Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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Big Human Brain from…Just Two Genes?

Denyse O’Leary
April 11, 2025
Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning
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The genes, unique to humans, spurred brain growth when introduced in mice and chimpanzee stem cells. Read More ›
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April 6, 2025
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Engineering
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Implant Lets a Disabled Woman Speak Her Thoughts

Science & 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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Denyse O’Leary
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February 15, 2024
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Consciousness, a Hall of Mirrors, Baffles Scientists

Denyse O’Leary
February 15, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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To contemplate consciousness is, as professor of religion Greg Peterson put it, like looking into and out of a window at the same time. Read More ›
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Jonathan McLatchie
Date
November 30, 2023
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Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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The Sense of Hearing Is a Masterpiece of Engineering

Jonathan McLatchie
November 30, 2023
Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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It strains credulity to suppose that an unguided process of random variation sifted by natural selection could assemble such a delicately arranged system. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 21, 2023
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Linguistics
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How Can a Woman Missing Her Olfactory Bulbs Still Smell?

Denyse O’Leary
July 21, 2023
Linguistics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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The brain’s plasticity intrigues and puzzles researcher, and it also raises a larger issue. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 12, 2023
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Evolutionary Psychology
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
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Reptilian Brain Myth Is Still Alive and Kicking

Denyse O’Leary
June 12, 2023
Evolutionary Psychology, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology
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Many psychology students are subjected to this day to an exploded pop neuroscience myth endorsed by celebrity scientist Carl Sagan. Read More ›
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November 7, 2021
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Neurosurgeon and Neuropsychologist Agree: The Brain Is Not the Mind

Science & Culture
November 7, 2021
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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"I had to understand what people were and what the mind was in order to make sense of neuroscience! And I still find that." Read More ›

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