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Date
August 19, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Andrew Newberg, brains, faith, meditation, mind, neuroscience, neurotheology, religion}

The Mind/Brain Problem and the Power of Meditative Prayer

_{Science and Culture
August 19, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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It’s hard to know where the brain ends and the mind begins. How can studying our brains give us insight into our minds? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 11, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Science
Tagged
, abstract thought, animals, arachnids, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, bacteria, bats, biological machines, cats, consciousness, Dogs, dreaming, dreams, flies, Franz Brentano, future, human beings, intentionality, justice, mental states, mind, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, proton gradients, REM sleep, sensory organs, spiders, Thomas Nagel, viruses}

What Is It Like to Be a Spider?

_{Michael Egnor
August 11, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Science

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A recent research article from Germany has made quite a splash in the popular media and raises some very interesting questions about animal minds. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 28, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Arthur Hunt, bacterial flagella, biological structures, circular reasoning, Conservation of Information, design detection, Douglas Axe, evolution, Günter Bechly, information, intelligent design, James Madison University, mind, molecular machines, natural selection, Ola Hössjer, Panda's Thumb, Robert J. Marks II, rotary motors, royal flush, specified complexity, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

In Critiquing Dembski, Jason Rosenhouse Prioritizes Imagination over Reality

_{Brian Miller
July 28, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Rosenhouse’s belief in the creative power of evolutionary processes is based not on hard data but on his faith in the philosophy of scientific materialism. Read More ›

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Date
June 14, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, faith, ID the Future, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian tradition, Michael Medved, mind, podcast, PragerU, radio, Return of the God Hypothesis, Science, Stephen Meyer, universe, YouTube videos}

Stephen Meyer: God Behind the Birth of Science and the Cosmos

_{Science and Culture
June 14, 2022

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

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Stephen Meyer and radio host Michael Medved discuss the series of hit videos for PragerU featuring Meyer. Read More ›

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Date
June 13, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Bobby Azarian, brain, Carnegie Mellon University, consciousness, feedback loops, information, machines, materialism, mind, neurons, neuroscientists, Santa Fe Institute, self, self-organization theory, self-reference, split brain}

Can Self-Organization Theory Account for Consciousness?

_{Science and Culture
June 13, 2022

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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One difficulty is that many humans produce a “self” with split brains, a brain missing key components, or half a brain. That’s not consistent with materialism. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
June 13, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Animal Liberation, Anthony Flew, consciousness, Darwin, David Bentley Hart, David Hume, deism, Donald Hoffman, Erasmus Darwin, Europeans, evolution, Francis Crick, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Lawrence Krauss, Lucretius, materialism, Michael Ruse, mind, natural selection, natural theology, neuroscience, On the Origin of Species, Peter Singer, Racism, rationalism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Rorty, Richard Spilsbury, Stephen Hawking, Ternate letter, Thomas Huxley, Tom Wolfe}

How Darwin and Wallace Split over the Human Mind

_{Neil Thomas
June 13, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Marvelously free of racist prejudice, Wallace noted in his fieldwork in far-flung locations that primitive tribes were intellectually the equals of Europeans. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 3, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Charles Townes, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmological constant, cosmos, electromagnetic force, goal, gravity, initial entropy, intelligent agents, intelligent design, life, mind, physical constants, physical laws, Planck time, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), universe}

The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Physics

_{Casey Luskin
May 3, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Multiple physical laws and constants must be finely tuned for the universe to be inhabited by advanced forms of life. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 27, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Lyell, complex and specified information, CSI, experiments, geologists, information, intelligence, intelligent agents, intelligent cause, intelligent design, mind, natural selection, nature, specified complexity, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), undirected process, William A. Dembski}

Outlining Intelligent Design’s Positive Argument

_{Casey Luskin
April 27, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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To borrow geologist Charles Lyell’s words, intelligent agency is a cause “now in operation” that can be studied in the world around us. Read More ›

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Date
April 26, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Connecticut, consciousness, free will, mind, MIT, neuroscience, plasticity, Russian, vocabulary, Wired}

Can a Human Be Gifted Despite Missing Lots of Brain?

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April 26, 2022

Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Most of what is going on in the human mind is not as dependent on the brain as some approaches to neuroscience would require. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 5, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, fossil record, human origins, humans, mind, Subrena Smith, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, University of New Hampshire}

Evolutionary Psychology: When We Looked In, No One Was There

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 5, 2021

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Because minds don’t fossilize, anything we think we know about the minds of putative prehumans is speculation. Read More ›