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Egnor: A Couple of Problems with Ape “Spirituality”

The wish to demote, punish, and degrade ourselves this way, a neurosis special to our modern culture, is itself, ironically, a tribute to 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 ›

Great Minds: How Darwinism and AI Are Oversold, Often at the Same Time

The Center for Science & Culture and the Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence share more than the commonality of being sponsored by Discovery Institute. Read More ›
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Why Animals Don’t Speak

If what separates us from other animals were material in nature, material alone, then perhaps we could look to a material process for an explanation. Read More ›
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Marks on the AI Church: “The Singularity Is Far”

New religions, including one centered on Artificial Intelligence, follow a stereotyped pattern. Read More ›

Congratulations! Coyne Promotes Egnor to “Archenemy”

Archenemy sounds a little…obsessive. Read More ›
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Talking Animals and Human Exceptionalism

Whether in Warner Bros. cartoons, old jokes, or on Twitter, a good deal of humor has been derived from supposing that animals could talk. Read More ›
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Robert Marks: Randomness and the Enigma of Creativity

Only a freely acting, designing agent resolves the mystery. Only such an agent creates, truly, ex nihilo. Read More ›

Egnor — Introducing the Aristotelian Neuroscientist

Considering Hamlet, the Aristotelian can appreciate both the physiology and the drama to which the mechanist is blind. Read More ›

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