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Excerpt: As Death Approaches, a Sudden Light 

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

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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A Neurosurgeon Pulls Back the Curtain on the Soul

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

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 ›
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Egnor: The Soul Has No Off Switch

"You’re not going to hear from a mathematics department at the local university that the number 8 passed away yesterday." Read More ›
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The Myth of “Settled Science”

Einstein was wrong. Quantum mechanics does not follow the principle of “local causality.” God apparently does play dice with the universe. Read More ›
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Neuroscience Shows the Soul Is Real

Why do such things send a shiver down one’s spine? I’m not quite sure why, but they do. Read More ›
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The Reality of the Soul: Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor on Sean McDowell’s Show

That spiritual component of the human soul is what survives when a human body dies. Read More ›
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What Epilepsy Can Teach About the Mind

I have treated thousands of patients with epilepsy. Seizures can result in a variety of behaviors and emotions. But let me tell you what they don't do. Read More ›
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The Logical Basis of the Immaterial Mind

The indeterminacy of matter precludes brain states from forming the basis of abstract thought. Simple logic points to this truth. Read More ›

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