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Piers Morgan Show: Michael Egnor and Michael Shermer Debate!
Near-death experiences headlined the discussion. But Dr. Egnor made clear that there is much other evidence for the reality of the human mind
A Sound of Thunder: Comparing the Film With the Short Story
What’s the same? What’s changed? What works and what doesn’t
Neuroscientist Christof Koch proposes a bold brain experiment…
… worthy of science fiction — that he and his debate opponent, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor, could share a brain via Neuralink. And what would happen then?
Remembering Walter Bradley at Mind Matters News
Here are some fond remembrances of his ideas and work from our pages
Neuroscientist: Brain Surgery Can Create “Two Conscious Entities”
Dr. Egnor, who has done split-brain surgery himself, dismisses neuroscientist Christof Koch's claim
Dr. Walter L. Bradley (1943–2025)
Distinguished engineer, professor, original thinker, selfless friend, true and faithful servant
The Soul and Human Dignity: A Conversation with J.P. Moreland
In his view, only a view that affirms an intrinsic, shared human nature can sustain a belief in universal human dignity
Can AI Legally Be Trained Using All the Books in the World?
Judge rules in support of chatbot Claude — except when training materials are pirated
Is Microsoft’s New AI System Better Than Doctors? Probably Not.
A critic notes that Microsoft’s AI system didn’t solve the problems, but merely repeated the solutions that it was trained on
Catholic Bookworm features The Immortal Mind
Michael Egnor stressed the importance of communicating reflections on the findings of neuroscience in a way that is accessible to the public
Book Ban in San Fran
Bookstore states it won't sell Harry Potter anymore based on Rowling's views on gender
The Job Market is Telling Us Something About AI and Jobs…
But it’s not telling us the same things as the AI hypesters are telling us
Preemptive Pardon in “Big Beautiful Bill” Protects Big AI
But is Big AI the new “military-industrial complex”?
Monday Micro Softy 33: How Fast Can a Person Age?
Can a person go from being five this year to being seven next year?
When schools of fish lose their memories…
They lost them because the older fish got fished out
Can Cultural Christianity Save Christian Culture?
People cannot reconnect with a view on life that they don’t believe, simply to save the things that only such a view can create and maintain
McDowell: Is It Time Christians Moved Beyond the Evolution Wars?
Actually, a paradigm shift is already underway, Traditional Darwinism faces challenges on a number of fronts within biology studies
A Sound of Thunder: Does the Famous Butterfly Effect Make Sense?
I am going to look at the 1952 short story first — the premises and the plot — before tackling the 2005 film
Methodological Naturalism: Helpful Rule or Hindering Dogma?
If the observable data points to outcomes that natural causes cannot adequately explain, then ruling out supernatural causes from the outset is not scientific humility — it’s dogma
Animals Taught Us Culture Though They Don’t Have It Themselves?
Researchers tie themselves into some odd knots trying to demonstrate that humans are just like other life forms
Briefs
Wimbledon AI line judge doesn’t work out as planned…
What happens when people uncritically use AI-generated content?
Fat factory helped Neanderthals survive 125,000 years ago
Babies may suffer more from pain than older people do
Can transparent peer review help resolve the replication crisis?
The Tao of meow: Cats mew mostly for humans
Journalist: As deepfakes improve, social trust begins to fray
Researchers: Humans use far more baby talk than apes
Those AI ghosts will not be quiet or harmless
At Nautilus: Slime molds show intelligence without a brain
Videos
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