Whatever little contribution the theory of Darwinian evolution that Myers espouses makes to our understanding of bacteria, it tells us nothing of man.
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It is quite possible to seek good ends (children) by bad means (their industrial manufacture). That’s why Christian ethics are needed.
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Nothing in this universe simply dissipates; it is always transformed. The immaterial world is similar.
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In a world beset by a growing chasm between the strong and the weak, IVF offers technology to manufacture men and women on scale and on special order.
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Here’s a challenge to the materialist theory that every mental state is a brain state: How can a perfect thought be an imperfect brain state?
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A question for materialists: How can infinite states of my intellect be generated by finite states of my brain?
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In our minds, as in our cells, we can see the clear signature of a Mind beyond this universe.
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I believe that children with hydranencephaly are conscious because all human beings have a spiritual soul and it is by virtue of our soul that we are conscious.
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The fact that seizures never result in abstract reasoning implies our reason is not a material power of the body but an immaterial power of the spiritual soul.
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Consciousness is like contact lenses. It is the means by which we experience, not what we experience. Thus we can’t “find” it in the brain.
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In addition to the massive evidence from neuroscience that the intellect is an immaterial power of the mind, simple logic points to the same truth.
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While none of this research is decisive, the materialist paradigm is challenged by awareness in PVS. The dualist perspective better fits the evidence.
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Of his 55,000 brain stimulations that “activated complex networks,” not one generated abstract thought — implying that it is not a “product” of the brain.
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A recent research paper looks at the way minds work with what’s available, something I often encounter in my practice as a neurosurgeon.
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The higher human ability to think abstractly — to reason and will freely — are not physical abilities and do not come from the brain.
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Readers have brought to my attention a review article on the effect of split-brain surgery on consciousness. “Split-Brain: What We Know Now and Why This is Important for Understanding Consciousness” (2020) by Yair Pinto and his colleagues is an interesting open-access article, well worth reading for anyone interested in the topic. From the abstract: [Split-brain surgery] leads to a broad breakdown of functional integration ranging from perception to attention. However, the breakdown is not absolute as several processes, such as action control, seem to remain unified. Disagreement exists about the responsible mechanisms for this remaining unity. The main issue concerns the first-person perspective of a split-brain patient. Does a split-brain harbor a split consciousness or is consciousness unified? The current Read More ›
I offer four reasons that we can know that free will is real, drawn from human behavior, law, ethics, and physics.
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Unity of self after brain splitting is not surprising. Each of us is a physical creature with a single spiritual soul. It is immaterial and can’t be severed.
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Brain stimulation could cause movement or memories but no part of the brain, when stimulated, caused patients to think abstractly or exercise free will.
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Split minds doesn’t make sense as a concept. To simultaneously pursue two abstract thought processes or moral choices is not a meaningful idea.
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