Tag: emotion

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 10, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Carl Sagan, emotion, evolution, explainaway, falsified theories, Georgia Tech, human brain, limbic system, lizard brain, neuroscience, overthinking, Paul D. MacLean, physiology, pop psychology, reptilian brain, Science Daily, smarts, social anxiety, The Dragons of Eden, universe}

Return of the Lizard Brain? It Seems Not

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 10, 2026

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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It’s easy to see why people might latch onto the idea of a reptilian brain as an explainer, or an explainaway, for complex topics. Read More ›

Glowing brain on computer motherboard with a central microchip, symbolizing artificial intelligence and advanced computing capabilities. AI technology

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 27, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Medicine
Neuroscience & 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

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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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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 14, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, apology, dignity, emotion, ethics, Fox News, homeless, hospitalization, human beings, lethal injection, media, mental illness, murder, News, North Carolina, TikTok}

Did Brian Kilmeade Actually Say That?

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 14, 2025

Ethics, Medicine

2}

We have to always remember that people who are homeless have equal intrinsic dignity as all other human beings. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 19, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, Aristotle, brain, brain function, brain hemispheres, Denyse O'Leary, dualism, emotion, free will, heartbeat, ID the Future, materialism, memory, Michael Egnor, mind, nature, near-death experiences, neurosurgery, Pam Reynolds, perception, podcast, reason, relatives, soul, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, thought}

The Immortal Mind: How Neuroscience Points Beyond Materialism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 19, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Dr. Egnor challenges the Darwinian view, arguing that abstract thought and free will are immaterial and could not have arisen via natural selection. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 6, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, abstract thought, Aristotle, blood pressure, brain function, brain state, breathing, Denyse O'Leary, Edward Feser, elementary particles, emotion, heart rate, hormones, intellect, logic, matter, measurements, memory, Michael Egnor, mind, movement, neuroscience, perception, photons, Plato, precision, puppy, soul, triangle, uncertainty, Uncertainty Principle, will}

The Logical Basis of the Immaterial Mind

_{Michael Egnor
May 6, 2025

Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

5}

The indeterminacy of matter precludes brain states from forming the basis of abstract thought. Simple logic points to this truth. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 3, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Christianity, conversion, depression, Discovery Institute Press, emotion, Evolution News, faith and science, Father Martin Hilbert, feelings, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan McLatchie, Muslims, new york, Richard Dawkins, self-hatred, Stephen Meyer, suicide, William A. Dembski}

On Giving Tuesday, Feelings Are Not Enough

_{David Klinghoffer
December 3, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

3}

Here was a believer, a very thoughtful one, who knew nothing about whether the God hypothesis can be defended on objective grounds. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
January 17, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Technology
Tagged
, abortion, anti-Semitism, Aryans, assisted suicide, C.S. Lewis, culture, emotion, evolutionary theory, France, Germany, humanity, Jews, mortality, Nazi Germany, power, radio, skin color, That Hideous Strength, transhumanism, white supremacy, World War II}

The Nazis and Their Transhumanist Delusion

_{Peter Biles
January 17, 2024

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Technology

4}

A new series on Netflix shows what can happen when the delusions of transhumanism join forces with an appalling ideology. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 26, 2023

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bats, bees, behavior, chimpanzees, consciousness, crows, elephants, emotion, human consciousness, humans, insects, joy, Lars Chittka, octopuses, pain, Scientific American, sentience, Thomas Nagel}

What Do Bees’ Joy and Pain Really Tell Us About Insect Minds?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 26, 2023

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

6}

Efforts to relate insect to human consciousness are doomed because the distinguishing features of human consciousness are abstract thinking and moral choice. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
November 1, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, ancient Greece, civilization, color, complexity, creator, doctors, E.O. Wilson, emergence, emotion, empirical science, engineers, human mind, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, memory, photon, quantum mechanics, René Descartes, science of purpose, scientific method, scientism, sound, theology, thought, vision, Werner Heisenberg}

Understanding the Limits of Scientism

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
November 1, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

5}

The great impasse in empirical science was reached early in the 20th century when quantum mechanics was first being developed. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 8, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, appetite, brain, Brown University, Cartesian dualism, Christianity, consciousness, emotion, evolution, eye, intellect, Kenneth Miller, materialism, memory, mind-brain problem, neuroscience, perception, René Descartes, res cogitans, res extensa, Roman Catholic, sensations, soul, The Human Instinct, Thomas Aquinas}

Kenneth Miller on Consciousness and Evolution

_{Michael Egnor
March 8, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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Despite Miller's claims, neither human reason nor free will evolved because neither is generated by material processes. Read More ›