Author: Evolution News
What 1,000+ Brain Surgeries Taught About the Mind
Michael Egnor continues his discussion with Pat Flynn, noting that neither seizures nor Penfield’s brain stimulation provoked abstract thought.
On the Origin of Darwin’s Worldview
Michael Flannery tells of Darwin’s involvement in the Plinian Society, a “freethinkers” group at Edinburgh University in Scotland.
Lee Spetner Took Aim at Natural Selection and Population Genetics
Spetner, a PhD from MIT, discusses natural selection, what it can and cannot do.
Materialism Is a Totalistic Claim — Here’s Why That Matters
There are aspects of the mind that are not generated in the brain. That sounds like a modest claim.
Research with Mice May Explain How the Placebo Effect Works
The mice had to be placed in a painful situation in order to trigger a placebo effect. With humans, it is often just a matter of communicating orally.