Tag: Stony Brook University
Split-Brain Research Confirms Unity of the Human Mind
The NOVA special’s claim is, “The split brain phenomenon suggests that there can be two separated minds, if you will, inside of a skull.”
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.
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.
Weikart: The Dark History of Medicalized Killing
“Richard Weikart’s superb new book is a vitally important reply to the organized disposal of unwanted people.”
Fossil Friday: Snake Origins —Yet Another Biological Big Bang
The authors commented in the press releases that this burst of biological novelty suggests that “snakes are like the Big Bang ‘singularity’ in cosmology.”
