Discussion with Michael Egnor elicits wide interest among Spanish speakers
The program has only been up two days and so far it has clocked nearly 22,000 views.
Read More ›Search ResultsMichael Egnor
Michael Egnor: Three atheist scientists walk into a book
Egnor observes, “If there is no free will, “morality” is only an illusion projected by the meatware of our brains.
Read More ›Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor interviewed on the reality of the mind
Michael Egnor is being asked to speak in many venues as the result of the publication of his and Denyse O’Leary’s 2025 book, The Immortal Mind.
Read More ›
Science, God, and Truth: Michael Shermer and Michael Egnor
On this episode of the Mind Matters News podcast, host and neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Egnor welcomes Michael Shermer, historian of science and founder of Skeptic magazine, to discuss Shermer’s new book Truth: What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters. The conversation quickly evolves into a deep philosophical debate between Egnor and Shermer over whether truths about morality and the universe are created by humans or discovered as objective features of reality.
Read More ›
An Evening With Michael Egnor at Cornell
The linked talk alone was worth coming to hear, but the Q&A truly did not disappointEgnor continued to reference the scientific research at the foundation of his talk and repeatedly challenged his questioners.
Read More ›
Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor: Does the Soul Really Exist?
He offers evidence that helps explain why modern medicine tries to understand near-death experiences, not merely explain them awayNear-death experiences are challenging — not science — but the materialist presumption that has dominated for many decades in science.
Read More ›
Stephen Post and Michael Egnor: Restoring Community Amid Division
In the dialogue on his new book, Dr. Post defines love simply: when the well-being of another person becomes as real and meaningful to you as your own, you love that personMichael Egnor adds that classical philosophers defined love as “willing the good of the other,” not merely liking someone and Stephen Post agrees.
Read More ›
Michael Egnor: Atheism as a “Foreign Influence” on Science
On the Ex-Skeptic show, the neurosurgeon — an ex-skeptic himself — discusses his journey with Jana Harmon, who studies atheists who came to believe in GodSuggesting a trend, a new book which aims to dethrone materialism in science, has been selling well in Europe and coming out shortly in English.
Read More ›
Michael Egnor at The Stream: How Materialists Refute Themselves
In Part 3, he also talks about how fellow health care personnel and patients have responded to The Immortal Mind, which makes a case for the immortal soulPeople I work with in the operating room and clinics and even patients tell me that they read our book and really liked it. They are glad we are speaking up.
Read More ›
Michael Egnor at The Stream: How the Mind Transcends the Brain
In his interview with John Zmirak, Dr. Egnor points out that epileptic seizures do not involve abstract thought because that type of thought is not simply a product of the brainHe noted that pioneer neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield started out as a materialist but became a dualist as a result of discovering things like these.
Read More ›
Podcast: Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor Reads From The Immortal Mind
He followed the evidence and came to see that the human mind has a spiritual and immortal dimensionAbout existential questions, he says, “I no longer settled for the stock answers that many scientists, like me, had naively accepted for so long.”
Read More ›
Dr. Michael Egnor Reads From His New Book The Immortal Mind
On today’s episode, Dr. Michael Egnor reads the Introduction to his new book, co-authored with Denyse O’Leary, The Immortal Mind: A Neurosurgeon’s Case for the Existence of the Soul, now available from Worthy Books. In this reading, Dr. Egnor shares his journey from being a medical student who believed science could explain everything, including how consciousness emerges from the brain and Read More ›
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 mindOne thing that stood out was the commenters’ appreciation of a cordial discussion of often-controversial topics.
Read More ›
Mind: Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor vs. Neuroscientist Christof Koch
Released yesterday evening, the debate, hosted by science writer and broadcaster Michael Shermer, was cordial, and quite relatableAt one point, the discussion turned on the case of a girl who had her sense of guilt removed surgically. What does that prove about the mind and the brain?
Read More ›
Michael Egnor on Faith, Reason, and the Architecture of Reality
In this week’s podcast, discussion with Robert J. Marks, he talks about the relationship between arguments from philosophical reasoning and faithEgnor describes faith as a deep relationship that may not always yield happiness about life circumstances but fosters lasting joy, independent of circumstances.
Read More ›
Michael Egnor: Science Offers Evidence of an Immaterial Mind
At the Knight and Rose show, he and co-author Denyse O’Leary talk about how split-brain surgeries, veridical near-death experiences, and terminal lucidity challenge materialist views of the mind.In their book, The Immortal Mind, Egnor and O’Leary argue that an immaterial, immortal soul best explains human consciousness, free will, and abstract thought.
Read More ›
Michael Egnor: Your Spiritual Soul Has No Off Switch
Here is Dr. Egnor’s talk at the Dallas Conference last February, where he discussed some themes from The Immortal Mind, to be published June 3He makes the case—based on 40 years of practice and over 7,000 brain surgeries—that science has gotten it all wrong about the soul.
Read More ›
The Rational Soul: Rethinking Materialism with Neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Egnor
In this episode, Pat Flynn and Dr. Michael Egnor conclude their discussion of Dr. Egnor’s contribution to the recent volume Minding the Brain. Flynn and Dr. Egnor discuss Thomistic dualism and its relation to neuroscience and the soul. Thomistic dualism is the belief that the soul is a separate entity from the body and that the rational aspects of the soul, Read More ›
Michael Egnor: The Neuroscience Evidence for Free Will
You ask a hundred neuroscientists about Libet's work and 95% will say he disproved free will, when he did exactly the oppositeEgnor talks about the demand for materialist conformity: “If I were a basic scientist and I relied on grants to live, I’d be toast.”
Read More ›
Dr. Michael Egnor: Neuroscience, the Soul, and the Limits of Materialism
In this episode, Pat Flynn and Dr. Michael Egnor continue their discussion of Dr. Egnor’s contribution to the recent volume Minding the Brain. Flynn and Egnor discuss various criticisms of materialism in neuroscience. They touch on topics such as near-death experiences, the limitations of the computational theory of mind, and the nature of artificial intelligence. Dr. Egnor also addresses common questions Read More ›