Dr. Egnor agreed, observing that the United States seems to be losing its ability to hold respectful disagreement. Post responded by quoting Abraham Lincoln’s call for unity
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One effect of the presumption of atheism in science is that all kinds of speculation can be grandfathered as reasonable scientific thinking.
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Michael Egnor adds that classical philosophers defined love as “willing the good of the other,” not merely liking someone and Stephen Post agrees.
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The human soul has been understood as quite real but immaterial and non-local. It is instantiated in a body, which is material and local.
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Donny Budinsky and co-host Sam prompted a general discussion of experience versus reality when it comes to the human mind.
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Suggesting a trend, a new book which aims to dethrone materialism in science, has been selling well in Europe and coming out shortly in English.
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As prominent neuroscientist Christof Koch’s recent difficulties with Cancel Culture show, the cracks in materialist neuroscience are getting harder to paper over.
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AI can never be more than a machine; the human mind soars far above any machine model. Be nice to your robot. But don’t think she is human.
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He noted that pioneer neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield started out as a materialist but became a dualist as a result of discovering things like these.
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For example, he points out that electrons are patterns in experience with stable and lawlike behavior. They are not little solid objects that exist in themselves.
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Materialism, Egnor says, is rarely defended explicitly; rather, objections are brushed off and prominent objectors may be Canceled.
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Researcher Yair Pinto summed it up: In split-brain, patients, perception is split, but consciousness is unified.
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If the evidence suggests that aspects of the human mind are immaterial, what does it mean to say that “science” says it can’t be true?
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The conventional assumption today is that consciousness has a material source. Yet no one has found a place where it lives in the brain.
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About existential questions, he says, “I no longer settled for the stock answers that many scientists, like me, had naively accepted for so long.”
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In Egnor’s view, materialism does not seem nearly as prevalent among neurosurgeons as among neuroscientists, who face more grant-driven pressure to conform.
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The discussion touched on many areas covered by the new book, The Immortal Mind, but one scientist’s dilemma stood out.
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Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor urges caution: Making a difference in neurodegenerative diseases will be more difficult than simply growing new neurons.
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He also offers the Pam Reynolds challenge: The near-death experience of a woman whose body was cooled and her brain drained of all blood.
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But, while the mind generally depends on a healthy brain, sometimes lucidity can come surging back to a demented person briefly and unexpectedly.
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