an-abstract-representation-of-the-human-brain-with-sound-wav-960526504-stockpack-adobe_stock-1536x861 Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date April 11, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionNeuroscience & MindScientific Reasoning Tagged , abortion, animals, Anthropology.net, brain, brain size, cerebral cortex, chimpanzees, conjoined twins, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, genes, German Primate Center, Human, human brain, human mind, intelligence, Kambiz Kamrani, mice, Michael Egnor, neocortex, Research, split brain, The Immortal Mind Big Human Brain from…Just Two Genes? Denyse O’Leary April 11, 2025 Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning 6 The genes, unique to humans, spurred brain growth when introduced in mice and chimpanzee stem cells. Read More ›
Palawan Water Monitor Lizard Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date June 12, 2023 CategoriesEvolutionary PsychologyLinguisticsNeuroscience & MindPsychology Tagged , analogy, Carl Sagan, cerebral cortex, emotions, Frank Drake, J.B.S. Haldane, language, Melvin Calvin, neocortex, neuroscience, Northeastern University, Paul D. MacLean, persistent scientific errors, Pulitzer Prize, reptiles, reptilian brain, Ross Pomeroy, textbooks, The Atlantic, triune brain theory, University of Oslo, Yale University Reptilian Brain Myth Is Still Alive and Kicking Denyse O’Leary June 12, 2023 Evolutionary Psychology, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology 6 Many psychology students are subjected to this day to an exploded pop neuroscience myth endorsed by celebrity scientist Carl Sagan. Read More ›
spider Type post Author Günter Bechly Date August 12, 2022 CategoriesMetaphysicsNeuroscience & MindScience Tagged , Aristotelianism, Bernardo Kastrup, birds, cephalopods, Christianity, consciousness, dreaming, general relativity, gravitational waves, humans, intelligent design, Judaism, mammals, mental states, Michael Egnor, neocortex, protists, rapid eye movement, REM sleep, sensory organs, spiders, thermostat, Thomistic philosophy Dreaming Spiders? My Disagreement with Michael Egnor Günter Bechly August 12, 2022 Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science 7 Rapid eye movement may indicate neural activity, but dreaming for me implies a conscious awareness of the dream state, which I consider as unlikely in spiders. Read More ›
pious ape 2 Type post Author Michael Egnor Date April 23, 2019 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPsychology Tagged , __k-review, adaptation, Africa, apes, atheism, BBC, birth control, bonobos, chimpanzees, Christians, church, communion, Darwinism, Easter, Eucharist, evolution, genetic fallacy, great apes, humans, Jane Goodall, jesus, last common ancestor, Mass, materialists, meals, monkeys, neocortex, On the Origin of Species, religion, savannah How Did Religion “Evolve”? Michael Egnor April 23, 2019 Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology 6 It’s telling that one kind of evolution always seems to be missing from these “theories” about the evolutionary origins of religion. Read More ›
