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Dualism and Materialism in Modern Neuroscience

Wilder Penfield concluded that free will is not in the brain — it is an immaterial power of the mind.  Read More ›
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Neurosurgeon and Neuropsychologist Agree: The Brain Is Not the Mind

"I had to understand what people were and what the mind was in order to make sense of neuroscience! And I still find that." Read More ›
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Egnor: Disturbing Questions About Consciousness

Think about this next time you are put under general anesthesia, which I hope neither you nor I will be anytime soon. Read More ›
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Some Effects of Transgenderism

Children with gender dysphoria need help. But transgender treatments for them are not based on good evidence. Read More ›
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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

So he chose to call himself David, after the Old Testament king who slew Goliath. Read More ›
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Is It a Boy or a Girl?

Parents with a new baby are almost always asked, “Is it a boy or a girl?” And the answer is almost always one or the other. Read More ›
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Egnor Uprising: A Neurosurgon Takes on Materialism

One currently common view, eliminative materialism, says there is nothing to the mind except what goes on in the brain. Read More ›
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Melissa Cain Travis Introduces the “Maker Thesis”

Science reveals a transcendent mind, and mind enables science.  Read More ›
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Doctor’s Diary: To Make a Baby Requires Intelligent Design

Like a well-written, trillion-page novel, every micro-step, every macro-step, every twist and turn of our development follows a master plan. Read More ›
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But Wesley, It’s a Study!

Sorry. In our ideological times, that doesn’t mean as much as it once did. Read More ›

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