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Jerry Coyne
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Congratulations! Coyne Promotes Egnor to “Archenemy”

Archenemy sounds a little…obsessive. Read More ›
NARAL
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Fetal Pain – Another Case Where the “Science Denial” Insult Has Been Misapplied

It’s a blatant untruth that “fetuses cannot feel pain,” as neuroscientist Michael Egnor explains. 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 ›
Scott Adams
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Scott Adams: Intelligent Design (Of a Sort!) Is “Close to 100 Percent” Certain

Notice once again that you don’t have to be a religious believer to see through the charade that evolutionary theory has got everything all figured out. Read More ›
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Egnor
Image: Scene from Hamlet, by Coke Smyth [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

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 ›
Heisenberg
brain
Photo: A bust of Werner Heisenberg, Max Planck Society, Germany, via Wikimedia Commons.

Yes, “Your Brain Is a Machine” — Wait, What?

One might add that this analysis applies to the world of life as a whole. Read More ›
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A Strange Way of Speaking About the Brain

A peculiar habit of disassociation is widespread among many who study the brain. Read More ›
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Michael Egnor on Animal Generosity

The failure to understand the gulf that separates humans from animals, and humans from machines, is a source of confusion to rival almost any other. Read More ›
Joshua Swamidass
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Critic of Intelligent Design Acknowledges: “Bad Design” Arguments Don’t Work

It’s good to be able to report progress. Read More ›
Wilder Penfield
Image: Wilder Penfield in 1913 as a student at Princeton, by Bain News Service [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield on Free Will

Materialists claim that neuroscience has demonstrated that free will is an illusion. Read More ›

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