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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, americans, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Big Bang, biology, brain, Christians, cultural Christianity, Dayton, Denyse O'Leary, DNA, Elon Musk, evolution, faith and science, feelings, immaterial genome, intellectuals, Jonathan Haidt, Jordan Peterson, mainstream media, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, Niall Ferguson, Orthodox Jews, Pew Research Center, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Scopes Monkey Trial, Stephen Meyer, Tennessee, The Free Press, The Immortal Mind, Western civilization}

With Scopes Trial Anniversary Approaching, We Need Science, Not Just Feelings

_{David Klinghoffer
June 30, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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At best, Christian commitment without a reasonable basis is only shifting sand under believers’ feet. At worst, it invites disdain. Read More ›

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Date
June 26, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Allen Institute for Brain Science, appetite, Aristotle, brain, Christof Koch, consciousness, Denyse O'Leary, Dogs, guilt, Heaven, humans, intellect, Israel, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, neuroscience, pets, reason, Roman Catholic, Seattle, soul, The Immortal Mind}

Egnor and Koch Debate the Soul…and Talk Dogs

_{Science & Culture
June 26, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Here are two highlights that give some sense of the scope and tenor of the debate. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 17, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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, brain, clinical death, consciousness, Denyse O'Leary, ID the Future, journalists, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, near-death experiences, neuroscience, prefrontal cortex, promissory materialism, The Immortal Mind}

Why Materialism Can’t Explain the Mind

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 17, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Is the soul a myth? Does your mind really just boil down to brain function? I spoke with Denyse O’Leary about surprising findings out of neuroscience. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 14, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atheism, brain, brain damage, human beings, human soul, ID the Future, intelligent design, medicine, mind, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, patients, podcast, soul, The Immortal Mind}

Dr. Michael Egnor on His Own Spiritual Journey

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 14, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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His personal story, including a profound experience in a hospital chapel during a family crisis, became a turning point that challenged his atheism. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 11, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Bruce Greyson, Charlotte Martial, Mario Beauregard, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, neuroscience, spaghetti, Susan Blackmore, The Spiritual Brain, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, University of Michigan, veridical, Yale University}

Near-Death Experiences Are Being Taken More Seriously Now

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 11, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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We are seeing a growth in genuine curiosity, which is a welcome change, and likely to be a fruitful one. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 10, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, biologists, Brian Miller, Carl Jung, coincidence, Denyse O'Leary, development, ID the Future, immaterial genome, intelligent design, mathematical biology, Michael Levin, neuroscience, Plato's Revenge, Platonic forms, publishers, synchronicity, Thomas Aquinas, Timaeus}

Sternberg and Egnor Reveal the Immaterial Realm

_{David Klinghoffer
June 10, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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This kind of thinking is also on the horizon coming from biologists like Michael Levin unconnected to the ID community. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 10, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, body, brain, consciousness, death, delusions, dementia, Denyse O'Leary, Discover Magazine, dreams, hallucinations, illusions, materialists, mind, neuroscience, New York University, rationalism, researchers, Sam Parnia, Scientific American, terminal lucidity}

Excerpt: As Death Approaches, a Sudden Light

_{Michael Egnor and Denyse O’Leary
June 10, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Needless to say, such lucid episodes imply that the mind is more than the disjointed activities of a failing brain. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 9, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, Aristotle, brain processes, brain state, concepts, consciousness, Denyse O'Leary, immateriality, intellect, line, logic, materialism, matter, neuroscience, soul, The Immortal Mind, triangle, truth, Uncertainty Principle, universals, Werner Heisenberg}

How Can We Conceive of Perfection When We Never Experience It?

_{Michael Egnor
June 9, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind

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There are two ways we can think of a triangle. One way is to form a mental image, likely based on a triangle we have seen on a piece of paper. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 4, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, artificial intelligence, brain, computational processing, conjoined twins, Denyse O'Leary, disintegration, dualism, free will, gullibility, ID the Future, intentionality, materialism, meaning, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, neuroscience, podcast, Research, soul, split-brain surgery, syntax, The Immortal Mind}

A Neurosurgeon Pulls Back the Curtain on the Soul

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 4, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Dr. Michael Egnor tackles provocative ideas, making a case that the human soul exists and that the mind is immortal. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 3, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bone, brain, consciousness, corpus callosotomy, Denyse O'Leary, epilepsy, legs, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, neurosurgery, seizures, skull, split-brain surgery, surgery}

New Book, The Immortal Mind, Out Today — The Brain Can Be Split, but Not the Mind

_{Michael Egnor and Denyse O’Leary
June 3, 2025

Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Even when the brain is split in half, many important aspects of the mind remain unified. Thus, the mind is something that the brain isn’t. Read More ›