Tag: emotions

Female robot face, Artificial intelligence concept. Generative AI

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 21, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, brain, brain mapping, COSM 2025, debates, emotions, free will, frontal cortex, history of science, immaterial mind, intelligent design, logic, machines, mathematics, memories, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, mind, near-death experiences, neural patterns, psychology, seizures, sensations, soul, surgeries, twins}

COSM Debate: “Are Human Beings Machines?”

_{Casey Luskin
November 21, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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The debate centered on the mind and brain and whether the mind is distinct from the brain or whether we’re nothing more than chemicals and firing neurons. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 19, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, bacteria, behavior, biochemistry, biological information, biology, biosignatures, cells, cognition, communication, Darwinism, decision-making, digestion, emergent properties, emergentism, emotions, Eric Hedin, goals, heart rate, human beings, ID the Future, information processing, intelligent design, interviews, life, nervous system, physical laws, physicists, rocks, sensory input, sentient beings, single-celled organisms, stars, undirected processes, water}

Physicist Eric Hedin: Information Processing as a Hallmark of Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 19, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design

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I begin a two-part conversation with Dr. Eric Hedin, a physicist and author who’s been asking bold questions about the hidden patterns of life. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 7, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, alcohol, Alzheimer’s disease, Aristotle, behaviors, brain, brain activity, electrical discharges, emotions, epilepsy, forced thinking, medical treatment, migraines, mind, muscles, neuorscience, neurons, neuroscience, obsessive-compulsive behavior, odors, physiological reactions, seizure, stroke, Thomas Aquinas, Wilder Penfield}

What Epilepsy Can Teach About the Mind

_{Michael Egnor
May 7, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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I have treated thousands of patients with epilepsy. Seizures can result in a variety of behaviors and emotions. But let me tell you what they don't do. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 4, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, animals, Aristotle, behavior, Dogs, emotions, evolutionary biologists, feelings, humans, Marc Bekoff, Michael Egnor, moral choice, prejudice, Psychology Today, Racism, sensations, sexism, speciesism, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, Wesley J. Smith}

Clinical Psychologist Supports Human Exceptionalism

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 4, 2025

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology, Scientific Reasoning

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Gregg Henriques, a secular humanist, has developed an approach that accepts human exceptionalism without denying that animals have mental abilities. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 17, 2024

Categories
Mathematics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aristotle, augustine, blood, brains, carbon dioxide, Denyse O'Leary, emotions, free will, heart, intellect, kidneys, memories, muscles, Mystery of the Mind, neuroscience, oxygen, pain, Plato, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, urine, Wilder Penfield}

What Does Your Brain Do? And What Can It Not Do?

_{Michael Egnor
December 17, 2024

Mathematics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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A surprising result of pioneering neurosurgery was the discovery that some mental processes could be stimulated in the brain but others could not be. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 15, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, abstractions, carnivores, cats, Dogs, emotions, food, grief, humans, moral responsibility, npr, Oakland University, pets, predators, Psychology Today, safety}

A (Cat’s) Grief Observed: Understanding the Gulf that Separates Us from Our Pets

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 15, 2024

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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The gap between the human mind and the cat mind doesn’t turn on emotions but on abstractions. Read More ›

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Date
July 4, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Carly Cassella, emotions, feelings, human brain, neurons, neuroscience, Northwestern University, phase transition, ScienceAlert, thoughts, universe, water}

Research: Our Brains Float Between Two Phases, Dodging Disorder

_{Science and Culture
July 4, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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The good news, according to recent research, is that unsteadiness is the normal state of the human brain. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 3, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, anger, Christof Koch, Dogs, Edward Feser, emotions, fear, goats, Heaven, horses, livestock, mind, moral choice, philosophers, soul, voice}

Researchers: Goats Can Read Basic Human Emotions

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 3, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Readers may wonder at first whether this research was worth doing, but hang on. It turns out that goats can understand basic emotions by voice alone. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 1, 2023

Categories
Botany
Life Sciences
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, cognition, Darwinism, EMBO Reports, emotions, infection, intelligence, panpsychism, random mutations, spirituality, Tel Aviv University, teleology, Third Way of Evolution, University of Heidelberg, ZME Science}

Are Plants Cognitive, Intelligent Beings?

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 1, 2023

Botany, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Some plant biologists want to see them that way; others continue to insist on a Darwinian view. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 27, 2023

Categories
Life Sciences
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstractions, animal behavior, Carl Sagan, chimpanzees, confirmation bias, crows, Dogs, emotions, gibberish, humans, marine biologists, puppies, Scientific American, Stephanie Pappas, TikTok, Washington State, wolves}

By Using Floor Buttons, Can Dogs Talk?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 27, 2023

Life Sciences, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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The latest fad in the “Talk to the animals” arena appears to be a classic in confirmation bias. Read More ›