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To an Italian ID Group, Günter Bechly Explains His Remarkable Journey

Having opened his mind to the possibility of design, Dr. Bechly saw it everywhere. Read More ›
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Octopuses Get Emotional About Pain, Research Shows

The smartest of invertebrates, the octopus, once again prompts us to rethink what we believe to be the origin of intelligence. Read More ›
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If IQ Is Inherited, Is the Intellect Simply Material?

The widely accepted heritability of IQ — between 57 percent and 80 percent in twin studies — is strong evidence for the materiality of the intellect. Read More ›
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Egnor: How to Test Materialist Theories of Mind

A premise here is that abstract thought is a unique human endowment, so our colleague Wesley Smith will also find this of interest as a scientific test of human exceptionalism. Read More ›
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Dr. Egnor on Free Will and the “Alien Hand”

A reader asked whether this disproves the unity and freedom of the will. It appears that the patient wills two things simultaneously: getting dressed and getting undressed. Read More ›
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The Chin Enigma

A scientific theory that on principle refuses to see the obvious is an achievement of which only humans are capable. Read More ›
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Michael Egnor on Animal Generosity

The failure to understand the gulf that separates humans from animals, and humans from machines, is a source of confusion to rival almost any other. Read More ›
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The Representation Problem and the Immateriality of the Mind

If I think about a particular thing — my cat Tabby, for example — my actual cat Tabby isn’t in my brain. Read More ›

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