Tag: free will
What Does Your Brain Do? And What Can It Not Do?
A surprising result of pioneering neurosurgery was the discovery that some mental processes could be stimulated in the brain but others could not be.
Can There Be Evidence for Free Will?
John Horgan thinks that “proofs” of free will seem as dubious as denials but there is actually considerable neuroscience evidence.
Doctor’s Diary: Are Flaws in Our Design Responsible for Bad Things Happening to Good People?
When I lecture, I typically discuss intelligent design as if it were a near-perfect process creating inexplicably complicated living entities.
Darwin Devotion Detector: Take the Test Now
A tongue-in-cheek questionnaire that nonetheless provides real insight into the extent to which Darwinian ideas have captured our thinking.
Do Fungi Have Free-Will?
Whenever a new hypothesis like this is published and calmly debated in scientific journals without arousing any furor, your first instinct may be to scoff.