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David Klinghoffer

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July 5, 2019

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Cosmology
Neuroscience & Mind
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What Explains the “I Suck” Principle?

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July 5, 2019

Cosmology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Writing at Mind Matters, Michael Egnor dissects another illustration of the “I Suck” impulse at work. It’s from his fellow neuroscientist Steven Novella. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

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June 27, 2019

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Neuroscience & Mind
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Materialism Totters — Neural Network Theory to the Rescue?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

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From Dr. Faizal Ali, it looks like another case of Materialism-of-the-Gaps reasoning. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

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June 25, 2019

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Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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Science Uprising — Michael Egnor Responds to a (Thoughtful) Critic

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June 25, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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“Although higher thought is not localizable to one region of the brain, it may be distributed to neurons throughout the brain.” Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

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June 18, 2019

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Neuroscience & Mind
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, __cedited, Benjamin Libet, brain, fundamentalism, Jeffrey Schwartz, Jerry Coyne, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, robot, Science Uprising, scientism, UCLA}

How Research on OCD Challenges Materialism

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June 18, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

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How does one “convince” a robot of anything, when changing your mind about an issue implies free will, which materialists are impelled to deny? Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
June 12, 2019

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Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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, __cedited, academia, Aristotle, atheism, brain, evolutionary biology, human being, Jerry Coyne, materialism, meat, media, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, robots, Science (journal), scientists, soul, Stony Brook University}

Egnor: Why Neuroscience Points to a Soul

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June 12, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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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

Date
June 10, 2019

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Neuroscience & Mind
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, __cedited, 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

Date
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}

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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, __cedited, abstract thought, abstractions, animals, Darwinian theory, humans, Jeffrey Shallit, mathematician, mercy, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neuroscience}

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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, __cedited, 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

Date
April 30, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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, __cedited, 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 ›