Tag: Mind Matters

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 13, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anti-Semitism, artificial intelligence, Gary Smith, Grok, hallucination, Henry Kissinger, Jeffrey Epstein, Jews, large language models, Mind Matters, Skynet, X (platform)}

Grok as Hitler 2.0 Reveals Hard Limits to AI

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 13, 2025

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

We mustn’t attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, incompetence, corruption, or blind ambition. Read More ›

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Date
June 26, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atheists, birth canal, Carl Sagan, clinical death, Denyse O'Leary, endorphins, Gandalf, hypoxia, jesus, ketamine, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, near-death experiences, neurosurgery, Pam Reynolds, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, skull, Stony Brook University, The Immortal Mind, The Lord of the Rings, veridical}

Near-Death Experiences Give Scientific Evidence of the Soul

_{Science and Culture
June 26, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

As Dr. Egnor contends, near-death experiences offer modern, experiential evidence that the human mind is not confined to the skull. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 30, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, brain chemistry, creativity, engineering, Eric Holloway, ideas, information, meaning, Mind Matters, Minding the Brain, natural intelligence, natural processes, novels, Pat Flynn, random processes, Robert J. Marks II, speeches}

The Immaterial Origins of Human Creativity

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 30, 2025

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

2}

Join Pat Flynn and his guests as they climb the metaphorical mountain of information to address the origins of human creativity. Read More ›

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Date
May 30, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, brain, Christof Koch, consciousness, David Chalmers, Giulio Tononi, humanity, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, mind, Mind Matters, panpsychism, TED talks, The Immortal Mind, Wilder Penfield}

Egnor: The Central Mystery of Our Humanity Is Human Consciousness

_{Science and Culture
May 30, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

5}

The fate of the discipline of consciousness studies may depend on how committed researchers are to finding the facts. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 9, 2025

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, aesthetics, algorithms, articles, artificial intelligence, books, business, Center for Science and Culture, culture, headlines, human exceptionalism, humans, large language models, machines, Microsoft, Microsoft Copilot, Mind Matters, nonsense, Peter Biles, photographs, Plato's Revenge, podcasts, Ted Gioia, writers}

A Needed Protest Against “AI Slop” and AI “Word Vomit”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 9, 2025

Arts, Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

It’s all another lesson in human exceptionalism. I believe we will wake up from the AI delusion someday. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
January 28, 2025

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Linguistics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, beauty, brain, choice, consciousness, creativity, death, Denyse O'Leary, Emily Reeves, engineers, functional complexity, harmony, human being, immaterial genome, intelligence, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, life after death, living things, meaning, Mind Matters, nature, near-death experiences, Philip Ball, physicists, proportion, purpose, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Sternberg, Stephen Meyer}

What Lies Beyond Death? A Physicist’s Take

_{Eric Hedin
January 28, 2025

Biology, Faith & Science, Linguistics, Physical Sciences, Physics

6}

The very existence of life — the fact that we are here at all to the pose the question — calls for something more than physical nature. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 10, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Big Think, Dartmouth College, free will, John Horgan, Michael Egnor, militarism, Mind Matters, Minding the Brain, proofs, quantum mechanics, Racism, sexism, The Immortal Mind}

Can There Be Evidence for Free Will?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 10, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

6}

John Horgan thinks that “proofs” of free will seem as dubious as denials but there is actually considerable neuroscience evidence. Read More ›

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post

Date
April 13, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Bernardo Kastrup, consciousness, Discovery Institute, evidence, evolution, ID the Future, immaterial reality, intelligent design, interviews, materialists, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neuroscience, podcast, Walter Bradley Center}

Did Consciousness Evolve?

_{Science and Culture
April 13, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

1}

Michael Egnor interviews Bernardo Kastrup, a philosopher with a background in computer engineering, about consciousness, evolution, and intelligent design. Read More ›

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Date
March 24, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, augustine, black holes, consciousness, cosmos, evidence, fine structure constant, intelligent design, Mind Matters, multiverse, parallel universes, physical constants, Rob Sheldon, Robert J. Marks II, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Roger Penrose, stars, theism, universe}

Is the Multiverse Scientific Fact or Mere Fancy?

_{Science and Culture
March 24, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

6}

Host Robert Lawrence Kuhn asked Professor of Christian Philosophy Nancey Murphy if, in her view, the universe is fine-tuned for consciousness. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
February 7, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Adam Frank, astronomers, black hole, cells, consciousness, Denyse O'Leary, information, intelligence, intelligent design, James Barham, James Shapiro, life, Michael Levin, Mind Matters, natural, naturalism, panpsychism, self-replication, sentience, signaling, symbiosis, teleology, Tufts University, University of Chicago, unnatural, vitalism}

What Is the Essence of Life?

_{Eric Hedin
February 7, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

8}

The strength of the intelligent design explanation for life lies in its full-orbed ability to address all aspects of life. Read More ›