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Michael Egnor

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 27, 2020
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Darwinism, Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
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Michael Egnor: Jerry Coyne just can’t give up denying free will

Denyse O'Leary
April 27, 2020
Darwinism, Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
Egnor: Someday, I predict, there will be a considerable psychiatric literature on the denial of free will. It’s essentially a delusion dressed up as science. To insist that your neurotransmitters completely control your choices is no different than insisting that your television or your iphone control your thoughts. It’s crazy. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 30, 2020
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Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
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Michael Egnor: Jeffrey Shallit, a computer scientist, doesn’t know how computers work

Denyse O'Leary
March 30, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
Egnor: It’s remarkable that Dr. Shallit—a professor of computer science—doesn’t understand computation. Materialism is a kind of intellectual disability that afflicts even the well-educated. To put it simply, machines don’t and can’t think. Dr. Shallit’s wristwatch doesn’t know what time it is. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 29, 2020
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Intelligent Design, theism
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Michael Egnor: If you care about suffering, you implicitly acknowledge God’s existence

Denyse O'Leary
March 29, 2020
Intelligent Design, theism
Egnor: Heck, if I were a mere vehicle for selfish genes evolved wholly by natural selection, I would love mass death, as long as my own genes weren’t deleted. Coronavirus is efficient — natural selection on an industrial scale. Those of us who are alive are the winners. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 3, 2020
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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Michael Egnor asks: Is Joe Blow really anti-intellectual?

Denyse O'Leary
March 3, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
“Joe has been told since the 1980s that the world is going to end due to global warming. It sounds like those crazy guys with the placards who say the world is gonna end tomorrow. The earth’s sell-by-date keeps getting pushed forward.” One reason for many recent political upheavals in a variety of jurisdictions is that Joe has begun to wonder if he’s really the one with the problem. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 27, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
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Michael Egnor: Pioneer neuroscientists believed the mind is more than the brain

Denyse O'Leary
February 27, 2020
Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
neurosurgeon Michael Egnor talks about how many famous neuroscientist became dualists—that is, they concluded that there is something about human beings that goes beyond matter—based on observations they made during their work. Read More ›