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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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How Modern Physics Reveals Purpose in the Universe

Scientists agree that our universe is finely tuned for the existence of life. But is the fine-tuning a happy accident or the result of foresight? Read More ›
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When Charlie Kirk Talked About Intelligent Design

People will be talking about Charlie Kirk’s legacy for a long time. You could start anywhere. Read More ›
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Science Without Materialism: Yes, It Would Still Work

What if we assume that our minds really are immaterial? Math still adds up, physics and chemistry are still true, logic still works. Read More ›
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Darwinism’s “Simplest” and “Most Destructive Implication”

Imagine that: killing as a “cost-saving strategy.” I think of Canada more and more as the haunted twin of the United States, and a warning to us. Read More ›
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Near-Death Experiences Cannot Just Be Explained Away

In some cases, patients who had NDEs while in a state of clinical death report dates and numbers that are later found to be accurate, Read More ›
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Brian Miller: The Basic Challenge to Materialist Origin-of-Life Theories

“All natural processes tend to create greater disorder (entropy)…The origin of life requires chemicals to go into a state of both high order and high energy.” Read More ›
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Conversation with Dr. Egnor: Abstract Thought Comes from the Mind, Not the Brain

We can cut perceptional abilities with a knife, but we can’t cut reason and abstract thought. Read More ›
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Evolutionist: Eight Reasons Sex in Humans Is Binary

Skeptics will eventually be forced to confront the problem: They posit laws with no lawgiver, principles with no foundation, minds from mud. Read More ›
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Lots of Real Things Are Immaterial; Here Are a Few

I have a bank account. That means I have a bank card and a password. Also a checkbook. Are those items “the account?” Read More ›

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