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Denyse O'Leary
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February 3, 2026
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Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Psychology
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How Sudden Lucidity at Death Became a Science Topic

Psychologist Alexander Batthyány and neurosurgeon Michael Egnor discuss the implications of clear consciousness despite deadly illness
Denyse O'Leary
February 3, 2026
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Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Psychology
Serious research on terminal lucidity will immensely damage the sort of materialism that Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker champions. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 4, 2025
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Medicine and Health, Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind
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This Is New: Top Thinkers Debate Terminal Lucidity

Steven Pinker tells Charles Murray at the Wall Street Journal that people are merely imagining a sudden gain in awareness before dying
Denyse O'Leary
November 4, 2025
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Medicine and Health, Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind
But today, the serious problem is not modernism and scientism, which are fading. It is post-modernism, which rejects reason and evidence. Read More ›
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News
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October 22, 2025
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Religion, Science
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Maturing Toward God: An Update from Charles Murray

It’s significant that the rethinking, in this and other cases, was prompted by evidence from science
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October 22, 2025
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Religion, Science
Klinghoffer notes that the question, “Why there is something rather than nothing?” is also addressed in the new video, “Proof of God in 3 Minutes.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 17, 2025
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Media, Religion
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Change: Charles Murray Finds Out That He Does Need God

This growing interest in religion is a trend. It is all coming too close together to just be an accident of timing.
Denyse O'Leary
October 17, 2025
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Media, Religion
Surprised? Joel Kotkin points out that the conventional picture many people have of the religious vs. the non-religious population is gravely distorted. Read More ›