CategoryNeuroscience
Skeptic Michael Shermer’s (Non)-Vision of the Soul
Responding to Michael Egnor at COSM 2025, he said that the soul is an explanation but not a good explanation for our relationship to our bodies
Does Neuroscience Show That We Are Mere Biological Machines?
At COSM 2025, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor assembled his strongest evidence for no
Are Human Beings Machines? Surgeon and Historian Go Head-to-Head
At COSM 2025, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor and Skeptic Magazine editor Michael Shermer faced off on some of the most critical questions of our lives
Neuroscience and Philosophy: Limits of Cutting-Edge Brain Science
Neuroscience topics like self-consciousness, social interaction, agency, and the binding problem sit at the intersection of science and philosophy
Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind: Bridging the Gap
Computational neuroscientist Joseph Green tackles the gap in the current Mind Matters podcast
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 away
A Neuroscientist on the Limits of the “Cutting Edge” of His Field
As Dr. Joseph Green tells his podcast hosts, although scientists can observe all 302 nematode worm neurons, they cannot fully explain how the worm moves or finds food
Surprisingly Polite Response to Non-Materialist Book on the Mind
The discussion with well-known skeptic Michael Shermer and leading neuroscientist Christof Koch was notably polite and productive
At Psych Mag: How Your Brain Allegedly Invented God…
Not THIS again, you say? Yes, this again. Straight out of the 1970s, as if the last fifty years of research never happened
COSM 2025 Panel to Tackle the Hard Problem: Consciousness
Michael Egnor sees the failure to find a “material center of consciousness” in the brain as a science success, not failure. It points to an important truth about us
Brain Surgeon Shows Why AI Can Never Become Human
Spoiler alert: AI requires physical hardware; the mind does not
Materialism in Science: Touching Another Hot Button
With a discussion of the findings of rigorous research into telepathy, the challenge to the presumption of materialism in science is beginning to be sounded loud and clear
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 soul
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 brain
AI Consciousness Myths: Neuroscientist Offers a No-Hype Approach
Àlex Gómez-Marín’s physics background shows in the way that he dissects the hyped-up claims before responding to them
Researchers: Sense of Purpose in Later Life Lowers Dementia Risk
They believe that it helps the brain stay resilient. Fortunately, a wide range of activities have been found in various studies to provide that sense
Isn’t It a Bit Late To Try Retreading Eliminative Materialism?
Daniel Dennett was an eliminative materialist at a time when the idea that consciousness is an illusion sounded cool and daring. And the Big Explanation was just around the corner…
Successfully Deciphering the Thoughts of Speechless People
The new technology may be a great advance for persons with disabilities but it raises serious issues about privacy once it gets into the wrong hands