Tag: human consciousness

A brain with electric currents, 3D brain, A brain with lightning currents of electricity.

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 4, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alex Hughes, Anna Stone, Anomalistic Psychology, BBC, BBC Science Focus, Chris French, consciousness theories, enhanced experience, fulfilment, Goldsmiths University, happiness, human consciousness, materialism, medical science, Michael Egnor, money, morality, near-death experiences, paranormal, religion, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, sensory stimuli, The Immortal Mind}

Do Brain-Jolts Really Explain Near-Death Experiences?

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 4, 2026

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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One change I have noticed recently is that science writers seem a bit more careful with the topic than they used to be. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 28, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, beginning, biology, cosmology, engineer, English, fine-tuning, France, God the Science the Evidence, human consciousness, ID the Future, information, iPhone, Italy, laws of physics, materialism, Michael Denton, natural constants, Olivier Bonnassies, physics, Spain, universe}

What Can Science Tell Us About the Existence of God?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 28, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The worldview of materialism is increasingly at odds with the latest scientific discoveries of the last hundred years. Read More ›

Cosmic Nebula Explosion Illustration Photo Wallpaper

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 24, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Barry Arrington, biology, Charles Darwin, cosmology, evidence, evolution, France, God the Science the Evidence, human consciousness, ID the Future, intelligent design, Italy, Michel-Yves Bolloré, natural selection, Olivier Bonnassies, Palomar Editions, physics, podcast, proof, scientific discoveries, Spain, theism, worldview}

The Scientific Discoveries That Make Materialism an Irrational Belief

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 24, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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For the last 150 years, many have assumed science has ejected God from the picture, a quaint relic of a less enlightened past. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 27, 2025

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, antiquity, brain, Christof Koch, Christopher Hitchens, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, David Chalmers, eliminative materialism, evolutionary psychology, Four Horsemen, free will, human consciousness, human mind, Michael Egnor, mind, neurosurgeons, philosophers, promissory materialism, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, technology, The Immortal Mind}

Reassessing Daniel Dennett on Consciousness as an Illusion

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 27, 2025

Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind

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It is a waste of time to pretend that consciousness is simply an “amazing collection of almost mundane tricks in the brain.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 28, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Arts
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstractions, amphibians, birds, cars, cave bears, cephalopods, driving, fish, Flight, human consciousness, human exceptionalism, natural selection, reptiles, University of Sydney}

Birds Don’t Drive Buicks Because of … Evolution, You See

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 28, 2025

Archaeology, Arts, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind

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This all seems a roundabout way of saying that humans are exceptional. And here’s the question that no one in evolutionary biology has the answer to. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 27, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, consciousness, David Chalmers, Delusion, George Musser, hard problem of consciousness, human consciousness, Nautilus, neuroscientists, psychiatric disorders, psychologists}

Scientists Examining Consciousness — Here’s the Problem

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 27, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Many researchers do like to write about consciousness and here are two recent contributions to the accessible literature. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 30, 2024

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, bacteria, cognition, consciousness, Edward Feser, eliminative materialism, evolution, folk psychology, glaciers, human consciousness, intelligence, Massimo Pigliucci, materialists, Pandora’s box, Patricia Churchland, thought}

Plant Consciousness and the Darwinian Project

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 30, 2024

Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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The forces Darwinism unleashed were surely bound to head in this direction. It was only a matter of time. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 31, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, chemists, cognition, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, decision-making, Gaia, Galen Strawson, human consciousness, materialism, memory, panpsychism, philosophers, physicalism, Robert Wright, thinking}

Can a Chemical Preparation Display Cognition? This Chemist Says Yes

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 31, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Addy Pross, associated with the evolutionary "Third Way" community, states his guiding principles up front. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 30, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, feelings, human consciousness, insects, Jerry Coyne, Lars Chittka, natural selection, naturalism, panpsychism, Princeton University Press, protozoans, qualia, Queen Mary University, Scientific American, sentience, Tufts University}

Bees with Feelings? A Darwinist Winces

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 30, 2024

Chemistry, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Most naturalist philosophers of mind have held that human consciousness — maddeningly mysterious — is an illusion. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 15, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, Christof Koch, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, David Chalmers, human consciousness, Integrated information theory, James Tour, natural selection, neuroscience, neuroscientists, panpsychism, philosophers, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, scientists, Teilhard de Chardin, third rail}

Cosmic Fine-Tuning as Evidence for the Reality of Consciousness

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 15, 2024

Fine-tuning, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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Many neuroscientists hold the materialist view that the mind is a user illusion generated by the brain. Read More ›