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Michael Egnor

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Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are the Top 3 Reasons for Optimism on Intelligent Design in 2025

One reason is the way any materialist explanation of cosmic origins keeps looking more and more implausible. See the new book by Charles Murray on that. Read More ›
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A Close Look at Free Will: What Should Our Default Position Be? 

The hypothesis that we have an immaterial mind capable of making free, meaningful decisions, continues to be verified. Read More ›
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Female robot face, Artificial intelligence concept. Generative AI
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COSM Debate: “Are Human Beings Machines?”

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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Expérience de mort imminente autrement appelé EMI
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Near-Death Experiences: Explaining vs. Explaining Away

The first rule of a scientific approach should be to take seriously what is happening before rushing in with a “science can explain this” hypothesis. Read More ›
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Cave with cave drawings. Cartoon mountain scene background Primitive cave paintings. ancient petroglyphs.
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In Study of Human Psychology, the Power of “Maybe”

This is not science and is not a good look for a psychology that purports to have some relationship with science. 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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Why Can’t We Just Go Back to Unprovable Faith?

Kathleen Stock’s witty effort to blunt the force of the evidence presented in that new French book raises a stark question. Read More ›
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One Reason Near-Death Experiences Are Hard to Study

When the mind is dissociated from the body briefly, it may acquire actual knowledge — as in NDEs where the knowledge acquired is later confirmed. Read More ›
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People gathered around the red navigation pointer pin. Meeting place concept. A long awaited meeting, a company of friends, acquaintance via the Internet. Event or holiday. Organization of joint trip
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Are We Looking for Consciousness in the “Wrong Part” of the Brain?

Al of this reasoning assumes that human consciousness — the human mind — is local. Located in one single place. It probably isn’t. Read More ›
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Conceptual image of a large stone in the shape of the human brain
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Doctor’s Diary: To Whom Are You Talking When You Talk to Yourself?

A comment by a national radio show host recently caught my attention. “So, I said to myself, SELF! What would you do under these circumstances?” Read More ›

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