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David Klinghoffer

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June 12, 2019

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Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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Egnor: Why Neuroscience Points to a Soul

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June 12, 2019

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This is fascinating stuff that flies in the face of the viewpoint treasured and defended by prestige academia and the mainstream media. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

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June 10, 2019

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Neuroscience & Mind
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, __k-review, Benjamin Libet, brain, free will, Jeffrey Schwartz, materialism, matter, media, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, Science Uprising, Wilder Penfield}

Science Uprising, Episode 2: Mind Denial

_{David Klinghoffer
June 10, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

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“We are robots made out of meat, which is what I’m going to try to convince you of today.” So says evolutionist Jerry Coyne. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

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June 1, 2019

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Arts
Computational Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __nedited, artificial intelligence, Charles Darwin, CNN, computer, creativity, extrapolation, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, machines, Mind Matters, MIT, Neural Networks, neuroscience, Robert J. Marks II, rules}

Robert Marks: Why “Edmond de Belamy” Is Bunk

_{David Klinghoffer
June 1, 2019

Arts, Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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It has to do with the difference between interpolation and extrapolation. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

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May 31, 2019

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Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
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, __k-review, abstract thought, abstractions, animals, challenge, Darwinian theory, dictionary, humans, Jeffrey Shallit, mathematician, mercy, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neuroscience, Oxford English Dictionary}

More on Animals and Their “Reasoning”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 31, 2019

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Whether your dog can philosophize is not a puzzle you need to look to the Oxford English Dictionary to resolve. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
May 28, 2019

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Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
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, __k-review, atheism, bonobos, evolution, Friedrich Nietzsche, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, multiverse, neuroscience, Paris, professors, satire, Walter Bradley Center}

Egnor Imagines: Professor Terminated; Replaced by Bonobo

_{David Klinghoffer
May 28, 2019

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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“The search committee interviewed several apes, three mules, and a tomato plant.” Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

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April 30, 2019

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Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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, __k-review, advanced technology, Arthur C. Clarke, artificial intelligence, computers, consciousness, Ed Feser, foresight, genius, intelligence, machines, magic, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, natural selection, neuroscience}

Artificial Intelligence as a “Magic Act”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 30, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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The error is not completely different from imagining that natural selection really can do what creative intelligence — foresight! — can do. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
April 24, 2019

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __k-review, abstract thought, abstraction, animals, apes, emotion, humans, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, perception, reality, spirituality}

Egnor: A Couple of Problems with Ape “Spirituality”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 24, 2019

Human Exceptionalism, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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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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David Klinghoffer

Date
April 11, 2019

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Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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, __k-review, algorithms, Aristotle, base reality, computation, computer simulation, Franz Brentano, intelligent design, meaning, Michael Egnor, Microsoft Word, MIT, neuroscience, Scott Adams, simulation theory, virtual reality}

MIT’s Rizwan Virk on Simulation Theory, AKA Intelligent Design

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April 11, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Egnor: “If we are living in a computer simulation, we couldn’t think to ask the question.” Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
April 6, 2019

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Neuroscience & Mind
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, __k-review, action potentials, alien hand syndrome, appetite, Bradley Center, brain, Eric Metaxas, free will, health, intellect, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neuroscience, patients, physical processes, Socrates in the City, Stephen Meyer, volition, will}

Dr. Egnor on Free Will and the “Alien Hand”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 6, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

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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 ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
April 5, 2019

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Physics
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, __k-review, atheism, biological adaptation, disorder, entropy, evolution, Fifth Way, form, ignorance, information, knowledge, medicine, metaphor, mind, neuroscience, quantum physics, Scrabble, teleology, Thomas Aquinas, Universal Darwinism}

On Universal Darwinism

_{Michael Egnor
April 5, 2019

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Physics

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Universal Darwinism is the belief that Darwin’s theory can be applied fruitfully to many scientific disciplines, not just to biology. Read More ›