Tag: Steven Novella

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 15, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alain Aspect, Albert Einstein, American Heritage Dictionary, Anton Zeilinger, Charles Murray, Discovery Institute, Hanna Webster, Herbert Benson, human mind, International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, John F. Clauser, Margaret Harris, materialism, Michael Egnor, New England Skeptical Society, placebo effect, Popular Mechanics, quantum Zeno effect, Steven Novella, sugar pill, terminal lucidity, The Immortal Mind, The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, Vaccines}

Hello, Materialists, Let’s Weigh and Measure the Mind

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 15, 2026

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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A recent review of our book provides a chances to reflect on mind verus matter — and materialism. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 19, 2025

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animal behavior, apes, awareness, bonobos, cats, Dogs, humans, Johns Hopkins University, Neurologica, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, puppy, Scientific American, Smithsonian Magazine, Steven Novella, theory of mind, ZME Science}

As a Cudgel Against Human Exceptionalism, Researchers Push for Bonobo “Theory of Mind”

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 19, 2025

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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Is it true that “recognizing when someone else lacks information” has been thought to be a distinctly human trait? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 9, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, death, doctors, egg, embryos, fetuses, human beings, human rights, ideology, in vitro fertilization, IVF, Judeo-Christian tradition, newborns, personhood, petri dish, pregnancy, right to life, sentience, sperm, Steven Novella, womb, Yale University}

The Humanity and Personhood of an Embryo

_{Michael Egnor
March 9, 2024

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine, Reproductive Science

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A sperm and an egg separately constitute a potential human. But when they unite, the result is a human being from the moment of fertilization. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, American history, children, courts, deaths, embryos, IVF, law, legislators, parents, Steven Novella, Yale University}

Are IVF Human Embryos “Children”?

_{Michael Egnor
March 8, 2024

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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Recently, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that human embryos accidentally killed in an IVF clinic mishap are considered children under Alabama law. Read More ›

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Date
May 18, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Brian Miller, creativity, entropy, Eric Anderson, evolution, hype, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Tour, laboratory, living cells, molecular machines, natural forces, Nature Communications, podcast, Robert Shapiro, scientists, Steven Novella, University of Tokyo}

Brian Miller: From Non-Life to Life via Natural Forces Alone? Nope

_{Science & Culture
May 18, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Steven Novella, a scientist committed to puncturing science hype, seems to have fallen for the hype surrounding this laboratory work. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
March 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, complexity, early Earth, evolution, information, Nature Communications, podcast, press release, proteins, replication, ribozymes, RNA, RNA world, Steven Novella, University of Tokyo, Yale University}

Yale’s Steven Novella Falls for Origin-of-Life Hype

_{Brian Miller
March 24, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Novella is a prominent atheist who jumped at the chance to promote the secular creation narrative of life’s origin. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 12, 2021

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, cosmic fine-tuning, evolution, multiverse, Neurologica, Phillip Goff, probability, Steven Novella}

We Don’t Live in a Multiverse Because the Concept Makes No Sense

_{Michael Egnor
March 12, 2021

Physical Sciences

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Novella and Goff invoke “multiple everything” while at the same time defining “everything” in a way that precludes observation. Nonsense has its uses. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 11, 2020

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain activity, brain hemispheres, consciousness, dualism, human brain, materialism, mice, mind-brain debate, Neurologica, neuroscience, Steven Novella, Yale University}

Has Neuroscience “Proved” that the Mind Is Just the Brain?

_{Michael Egnor
December 11, 2020

Neuroscience & Mind

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Yale's Steven Novella has been trying to sell his materialist ideology in the guise of neuroscience for more than a decade. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 28, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, “consensus science”, Big Bang, BioEssays, CDC, censorship, Centers for Disease Control, China, climate change, coronavirus, COVID-19, Darwinian evolution, incompetence, Jonathan Wells, masks, Panda's Thumb, pandemic, science denial, scientists, Steven Novella, Washington Post, World Health Organization, Yale University}

What Scientists Know

_{Michael Egnor
May 28, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Our scientific elites insist that the “scientific consensus” be accepted without question. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 30, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, academia, accountability, Centers for Disease Control, China, Christians, COVID-19, doctors, epidemic, Europe, evolutionary biology, experts, government, Internet, money, nurses, Orthodox Jews, pandemic, plague, science, Steven Novella, United States, Wall Street Journal, World Health Organization, Wuhan, Yale University}

The Scramble to Redeem The S-Blob

_{Michael Egnor
April 30, 2020

Medicine

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The S-Blob is increasingly under justifiable scrutiny for the most catastrophic scientific fiasco of the 21st century. Its defenders are spewing chaff like there’s no tomorrow. Read More ›