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The Immortal Mind

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Two Neuroscientists on Life, Death, Eternity, and What Really Matters

Lee Warren interviews Michael Egnor on his book. It's a lively and accessible chat about how the human mind is not simply the brain and can even survive death. 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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The Boy Who Proved Most Theories of Consciousness Wrong

He was unequivocally conscious — without a cerebral cortex and even without brain hemispheres. Read More ›
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Photo: Professor Michael Egnor, Stony Brook University, in a scene from Science Uprising.

Egnor: The Central Mystery of Our Humanity Is Human Consciousness

The fate of the discipline of consciousness studies may depend on how committed researchers are to finding the facts. 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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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 Immortal Mind: How Neuroscience Points Beyond Materialism

Dr. Egnor challenges the Darwinian view, arguing that abstract thought and free will are immaterial and could not have arisen via natural selection. 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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Study Probes the Origins of Consciousness

Understanding consciousness by these means is going to be a much slower process than the researchers had hoped. Read More ›
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Back to the Future with Larry Sanger — And Chris Rufo, Richard Sternberg, and Michael Egnor

There is something thrilling about looking back at a neglected text or person from the past and finding that — wow! — it or he speaks to issues of my own day. Read More ›

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