TagMichael Egnor
Does Quantum Mechanics Help Us Make Sense of the Soul?
Quantum mechanics seems to be the game-changer that Albert Einstein (1879–1955) feared it would be. It is certain to liven up discussions about the soul
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
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
Science on Near-Death Experiences: Explaining vs Explaining Away
The first rule of a scientific approach to near-death experiences should be to take seriously what is happening before rushing in with a “science can explain this” hypothesis
Pure Unlimited Love: Faith, Freedom, and the Path to Peace
To illustrate the nature of the qualities needed, Dr. Post shared with Dr. Egnor a moving story from his time working in a geriatric psychiatric hospital in Mount Vernon, Ohio
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
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 person
Podcast: Evidence For the Existence of the Human Soul
Michael Egnor and Denyse O'Leary argue that there is abundant scientific data demonstrating the immaterial existence of the human person and that this reality continues after we die
“Here’s My Number. Call Me When You Have Evidence.”
On Standing for Truth, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor describes the approach he takes to those who defend materialist theories about human beings
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 God
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
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
Podcast: Mind Before Matter: How an Idealist Looks At the World
Bruce Gordon argues that mind is basic to reality and that materialist views of consciousness do not explain what we know about experience or the world
Why the Mind Matters: No Free Will = No Guilt — Thus No Innocence
Michael Egnor spells out the true consequences of materialism: We come to be seen as animals to be managed by government
Conundrum: Split Human Brain But Unified Perception
1500 papers later, current research suggests that a non-materialist approach to the neuroscience of the human mind is quite viable