TagMichael Shermer
Science: Slowly Accepting a Non-Materialist View of the Mind?
Ken Francis’s comments at New English Review brought back memories
Michael Shermer Disagrees With Me on the Ethics of IVF
He sees a contradiction between my respect for and embrace of children conceived via IVF and my ethical qualms about the process of IVF: “Another example of how religion clouds rationality”
Piers Morgan Show: Michael Egnor and Michael Shermer Debate!
Near-death experiences headlined the discussion. But Dr. Egnor made clear that there is much other evidence for the reality of the human mind
Neuroscientist Christof Koch proposes a bold brain experiment…
… worthy of science fiction — that he and his debate opponent, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor, could share a brain via Neuralink. And what would happen then?
Neuroscientist: Brain Surgery Can Create “Two Conscious Entities”
Dr. Egnor, who has done split-brain surgery himself, dismisses neuroscientist Christof Koch's claim
Mind: Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor vs. Neuroscientist Christof Koch
Released yesterday evening, the debate, hosted by science writer and broadcaster Michael Shermer, was cordial, and quite relatable
The Skeptic, the Neuroscientist and the Neurosurgeon Walk Into a…
… most interesting discussion by all accounts. Skeptical science writer Michael Shermer hosted sometimes-controversial neuroscientist Christof Koch and Christian neurosurgeon Michael Egnor
1. When actual experiences challenge the viewpoints of skeptics
Sean McDowell recently hosted J. Steve Miller to talk about his top five believable near-death experiences
Woke SciAm Editor Resigns in Post-US Election Uproar
Michael Shermer, founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine and former Scientific American columnist, offers a thoughtful response
Researchers: Neanderthals Invented Process to Produce Birch Tar
The tar can be used for glue, bug repellent, and killing germs. This finding tracks growing recognition of Neanderthals as intelligentMany of us grew up with “Neanderthal!” used as a term of abuse for a stupid person. A 2021 study from the University of Tübingen and others, dusted off at ScienceAlert, paints quite a different picture, in connection with Neanderthals’ manufacture of birch tar. The tar from burnt birch wood can be used as glue, insect repellent, and antiseptic. It can be scraped from a fire naturally or it can be produced in a controlled way. Which method Neanderthals used says something about the development of their culture. The study authors, Patrick Schmidt et al., went to a lot of potentially messy trouble to try to answer the question: Some think of black tar as a happy accident that Neanderthals Read More ›