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Denyse O’Leary

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When the Mind is Freed from the Brain

The strong dependency of mind on brain that gets us through everyday life no longer seems to apply when we come to death and dying.  Read More ›
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Terminal Lucidity Points to Indestructible Personhood

Why would the human mind sometimes appear strongest when the brain is weakest? We begin a two-part conversation discussing the phenomenon of terminal lucidity. Read More ›
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With Neanderthals and Denisovans, We Are All the Same Kind of Being

Evolutionary anthropologists need to stop putting people groups into “less evolved” categories. It’s a form of historical racism.  Read More ›
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A group of monkeys on a raft in a river, carrying bunches of bananas.
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In Evolution, Explaining vs. Explaining Away: Rafting Monkeys and More

Says Casey Luskin, "If you're an evolutionist, you have a serious problem. Where do South American monkeys come from?" Read More ›
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Conceptual art journey to dream. Step into another world, Inside of brain, fantasy, escape from life concept. Made with Generative AI
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From Charles Murray to Dan Brown, the Culture Is Maturing Toward the Immortal Mind

The existence of an immaterial reality, a soul, or a genome, is a concept that has been bubbling up, independently, across a range of minds. Read More ›
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If You Want Creative Storytelling, Look No Further than Evolutionary Psychology

If evolutionary psychology attempts to explain every behavior, including each behavior’s opposite, can it really explain anything? Read More ›
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Darwinism’s “Simplest” and “Most Destructive Implication”

Imagine that: killing as a “cost-saving strategy.” I think of Canada more and more as the haunted twin of the United States, and a warning to us. Read More ›
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Conversation with Dr. Egnor: Near-Death Experiences and Saving the Culture

"Near-death experiences (NDEs) are a huge and complex topic. Tens of millions of people have had NDEs and similar spiritual experiences." Read More ›
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Conversation with Dr. Egnor: Abstract Thought Comes from the Mind, Not the Brain

We can cut perceptional abilities with a knife, but we can’t cut reason and abstract thought. Read More ›
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Conversation with Dr. Egnor: Are We Meat Machines, and Why Does It Matter?

I found yours to be a fascinating and persuasive book on a crucial subject. You lay out the issues starkly. Read More ›

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