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Michael Egnor

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Denyse O'Leary
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August 21, 2022
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
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At Mind Matters News: A neurosurgeon on why some people function with only half a brain

Denyse O'Leary
August 21, 2022
Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
Michael Egnor: The means by which people with major parts of their brains removed maintain function are not understood. It’s nonsense to say, as some do, that “The brain is massively parallel and recursive and functions under network rules and laws.” That’s typical neuroscience gibberish. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 14, 2022
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Intelligent Design, Mind
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At Mind Matters News: Mike Egnor to Jerry Coyne: If evil exists, so must good — and real choices!

Denyse O'Leary
July 14, 2022
Intelligent Design, Mind
Egnor to Coyne: ... when you find that your metaphysics was shared by the defense counsel at the Nazi war crime trials, you ought to reconsider your metaphysics. And I think Coyne should reconsider. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 3, 2022
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Intelligent Design, Physics
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At Mind Matters News: Why free will is philosophically and scientifically sound

Denyse O'Leary
July 3, 2022
Intelligent Design, Physics
Takehome: Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor points out that, though free will may be unpopular with atheist thinkers like biologist Darwinian evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne, science doesn’t refute it. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 28, 2022
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Culture, Darwinism
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At Mind Matters News: What’s hot and what’s not in Darwinblogs

Denyse O'Leary
June 28, 2022
Culture, Darwinism
Casey Luskin: We’ve seen a decline in the amount of high quality science writing from blogs like Panda’s Thumb. Some old voices in the Darwin blogosphere have diminished and some new ones have popped up. Jerry Coyne certainly is one of the ones that has really popped up on his very popular blog. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 15, 2022
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Biology, Culture, Intelligent Design
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Michael Egnor muses on some shaky arguments for abortion

Denyse O'Leary
May 15, 2022
Biology, Culture, Intelligent Design
Egnor: "if the fetus is a part of the mother’s body, then all pregnant women are chromosomal mosaics. That is, they are organisms that have two sets of genomes. Chromosome mosaicism is a rare disorder and is not synonymous with pregnancy." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 10, 2022
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Atheism, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
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At Mind Matters News: Michael Egnor’s challenge to two atheists who deny free will

Denyse O'Leary
February 10, 2022
Atheism, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor is challenging evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne and philosopher Massimo Pigliucci to a debate. He thinks there is too much of this no-free-will nonsense in the science blogosphere. Egnor: "Free will has no physical cause? At least four categories of events in nature have no physical cause. Free will denial isn’t science, just atheism in a lab coat." Read More ›