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Author
News
Date
April 17, 2024

Categorized
Natural Intelligence

Tagged
Consciousness, Evolution, Matter, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters podcast}

Could Consciousness Have Evolved?

_{Michael Egnor takes a hard look at the evidence in this classic podcast episode.} _{News

April 17, 2024

1

Natural Intelligence}

On a classic episode of ID the Future, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor interviews Bernardo Kastrup, a philosopher with a background in computer engineering, about consciousness, evolution, and intelligent design. Did consciousness evolve? What does the evidence suggest? And how do materialists deal with the seemingly immaterial reality that is consciousness? Enjoy this guest episode from Mind Matters, a podcast of Discovery Institute’s Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence. Dig Deeper Cross-posted at Evolution News.

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Author
News
Date
April 11, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Consciousness, Creativity, mind, Robert J. Marks}

Meta AI Scientist: AGI is a Pipe Dream

_{Human intelligence still can't be matched by a soulless algorithm} _{News

April 11, 2024

2

Artificial Intelligence}

Predictions on AI’s ever-developing complexity have tech optimists counting the days until the machine replaces the human mind. Artificial general intelligence is the term they use to describe the point in which AI will officially overtake human intelligence. However, certain experts in the field, among them Robert J. Marks, host of the Mind Matters podcast, protest the assumption. AI researcher and scientist Yann LeCun, the AI chief at Meta, said recently that the current AI systems are nowhere close to achieving human-like intelligence. LeCun said, “We’re easily fooled into thinking they are intelligent because of their fluency with language, but really, their understanding of reality is very superficial,” he said. “They’re useful, there’s no question about that. But on the Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
March 22, 2024

Categorized
Neuroscience

Tagged
education, IQ, mind, Neuroscience, transcendence}

Thinking of the “Bigger Picture”

_{New study on how transcendent thinking enhances and improves the brain in adolescents} _{Peter Biles

March 22, 2024

2

Neuroscience}

Going beyond worksheets and standardized tests to grapple with "the bigger picture" looks to be the sort of education we all need the most. Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
March 22, 2024

Categorized
Philosophy

Tagged
Matter, mind, Minding the Brain, Naturalism, Philosophy, Robert J. Marks}

Doesn’t Methodological Naturalism Refute Itself?

_{Listen to the new podcast episode discussing this question} _{News

March 22, 2024

1

Philosophy}

Get caught up with the Mind Matters podcast by listening to this special episode featuring hosts Angus Menuge and Robert J. Marks and their guest, Dr. Robert Larmer. Dr. Larmer wrote a fascinating chapter in last year’s groundbreaking book Minding the Brain, and sat down with Mind Matters to discuss the limits of “methodological naturalism.” For Larmer, this approach to getting knowledge is limited because it rules out non-physical causes, even if they exist. In addition, holding to naturalism at all costs can undermine our self-understanding as rational agents. How can we trust our brains? Does the physical activity in our brains correlate with non-physical mental states? Find out more by listening to Part One of the conversation here. Be Read More ›

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Author
J.R. Miller
Date
March 8, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Artificial Intelligence, BibleGPT, ChatGPT, Consciousness, discipleship, Information, knowledge, mind, religion, Wisdom}

Wrestling with AI: Making More and Better Disciples

_{AI may have "knowledge," but it lacks wisdom.} _{J.R. Miller

March 8, 2024

7

Artificial Intelligence}

Even if it were possible that AI reaches consciousness — it will never have the mind of Christ. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
February 1, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
ai and copyright, Arts and Culture, ChatGPT, Creative Writing, Japan, Literature, mind, Novel, Rie Judan, robotics}

Japanese Novelist Who Won Prestigious Literary Award Unabashedly Used ChatGPT

_{Meanwhile, authors in the United States are waging war against AI for copyright violation} _{Peter Biles

February 1, 2024

4

Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

While stylistically, the prose AI "created" for Karan's novel might be "flawless," it lacks credibility because it lacks the human voice. Read More ›

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Author
Joshua R. Farris
Date
December 22, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Artificial Intelligence, brain chemistry, brains, Consciousness, machine, mind}

Defending Why We’re More than Machines

_{We need to look beyond materialism to understand what it means to be human.} _{Joshua R. Farris

December 22, 2023

2

Philosophy of Mind}

If something like dualism is true, then it goes a long way to showing the implausibility of the idea that we are solely meat machines, robots, etc. Read More ›

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Author
Richard W. Stevens
Date
December 21, 2023

Categorized
Neuroscience

Tagged
addiction, attention, brain, brain chemistry, dopamine, mood, Pain, pleasure}

You Can’t Always Be Happy

_{Our dopamine system both excites and tames pleasure} _{Richard W. Stevens

December 21, 2023

6

Neuroscience}

Humans cannot achieve permanent happiness. Earthly pleasures do not ultimately satisfy us. The Bible said it. The neuroscientists have proved it. Read More ›

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Author
Angus J. Menuge
Date
December 15, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Angus Menuge, Consciousness, Discovery Institute, Dualism, Materialism, Mental states, mind, mind and brain, Minding the Brain, Physicalism, science, substance dualism}

Science Needs a Mind to Work

_{The use of science to discredit the existence of mental subjects is fatally flawed.} _{Angus J. Menuge

December 15, 2023

3

Philosophy of Mind}

The idea that science has somehow shown the irrelevance of the mind to explaining behavior is seriously confused. Read More ›

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Author
Joshua Farris, R.T Mullins
Date
December 12, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
atomic physics, Atoms, Consciousness, god, Materialism, mind, Philip Goff, Physics, Theism}

Philip Goff’s “Why” and Inflated Success

_{We are still nowhere closer to arriving at a science of consciousness} _{Joshua Farris, R.T Mullins

December 12, 2023

4

Philosophy of Mind}

There’s little of substance favoring this new theory of consciousness. We still need something like a god piloting the universe. Read More ›

Two Scientists in the Brain Research Laboratory work on a Project, Using Personal Computer with MRI Scans Show Brain Anomalies. Neuroscientists at Work.

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Author
News
Date
December 7, 2023

Categorized
Neuroscience

Tagged
brain, Brain research, Joseph Green, Limitations, mind, Minding the Brain (book), Minding the Brain (Discovery Institute Press 2023), Neuroscience}

On the Limitations of Cutting-Edge Neuroscience

_{Neuroscientist Joseph Green separates the hype from reality when it comes to current brain research.} _{News

December 7, 2023

3

Neuroscience}

The current dogma that pervades neuroscience is established by intellectual pressure rather than solid scientific evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
December 5, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
AI, AI art, Author, Beauty, ChatGPT, mind, Picasso, YouTube}

Why AI Can’t Create Genuine Beauty

_{AI, though a helpful tool in certain contexts, cannot replace the intentionality and creativity of the human person.} _{Peter Biles

December 5, 2023

3

Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

If our experiences are all just brain chemicals responding to different gradations of light, it would seem nigh impossible to defend beauty. Read More ›

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Author
Richard W. Stevens
Date
November 29, 2023

Categorized
Neuroscience

Tagged
Cognition, Mind Brain, Neuroscience, Psychology, resting, Sleep, the necessity of sleep}

Night Shift: The Brain’s Extraordinary Work While Asleep

_{Lie down, close your eyes, lose consciousness, and the brain undertakes the heavy lifting that sleep demands.} _{Richard W. Stevens

November 29, 2023

6

Neuroscience}

Sleep deprivation and sleep interruptions such as occur with sleep apnea are not mere annoyances but actually damage a whole array of functions. Read More ›

Generative AI illustrations of the last step of the spiritual journey. Depths of consciousness, hidden wisdom, and transformative growth open a portal into a new realm of conscious awareness.

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
November 2, 2023

Categorized
Neuroscience

Tagged
After Death, Afterlife, Andrew McDiarmid, Gary Habermas, Near Death Experiences, Neuroscience, science}

The Scientific Evidence for Near-Death-Experiences

_{A conversation with Dr. Gary Habermas on the plausibility and evidence of near-death-experiences.} _{Andrew McDiarmid

November 2, 2023

2

Neuroscience}

Is there strong scientific evidence for near-death experiences, the subject of the new film After Death? On an episode of ID the Future, I spoke with Dr. Gary Habermas about his chapter evaluating the evidence for near-death cases in the recent book Minding the Brain: Models of the Mind, Information, and Empirical Science. As Dr. Habermas explains, most near-death accounts contain both objective and subjective elements. Personal testimony about other realms can’t be independently corroborated, but objective evidence rooted in this world can be confirmed and evaluated. “I can’t verify heavenly discussions or heavenly sites,” says Habermas, “so the kind of NDE data I’m talking about virtually always occur on this earth in normal kinds of situations, like parking lots or in your Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
October 31, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy

Tagged
Andrew McDiarmid, Darwin, Materialism, Matter, mind}

Materialism Can’t Account for Beauty

_{Concepts like truth, beauty, and goodness can't be derived from the material world} _{Andrew McDiarmid

October 31, 2023

2

Philosophy}

Ann Gauger holds that truth, beauty, and goodness are hallmarks of a designed world. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor
Date
October 24, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Consciousness, Evolution, free will, Materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, Philosophy of Mind}

How Could Human Consciousness “Evolve”?

_{Human consciousness entails a unique human ability to think abstractly .} _{Michael Egnor

October 24, 2023

5

Philosophy of Mind}

According to Darwinian “science,” things changed, survivors survived, and the human ability to think abstractly materialized out of thin air. Read More ›

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Author
Joshua R. Farris and Alin C. Cucu
Date
October 16, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Consciousness, David Chalmers, elephant in the room, god, Materialism, Philosophy of Mind}

Science of Consciousness: The Elephant in the Room

_{Science has had great success in explaining many functions of living organisms in purely material terms. So why not consciousness?} _{Joshua R. Farris and Alin C. Cucu

October 16, 2023

4

Philosophy of Mind}

After repeated failures to explain consciousness, there’s a new path in the science of consciousness that promises to be the final theory of consciousness. Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
October 4, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Angus Menuge, Consciousness, Materialism, Matter, Mental states, mind, Minding the Brain, Nobel Prize, Physicalism, Scientism, Scientists}

When Science Points Beyond the Physical

_{The idea that science has somehow shown the irrelevance of the mind to explaining behavior is seriously confused.} _{News

October 4, 2023

3

Philosophy of Mind}

Any attempt to use science to discredit the existence of mental subjects is fatally flawed because the bedrock data for all science comes from observation. Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
October 3, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Angus Menuge, Atheism, brain, Brian R. Krouse, Consciousness, Materialism, Mental, Minding the Brain, Physicalism, Robert J. Marks}

The Big Problem for Physicalism

_{One physicalist theory after another has either ignored or falsified the central characteristics of consciousness} _{News

October 3, 2023

3

Philosophy of Mind}

Editor’s note: We are delighted to welcome the new book from Discovery Institute Press, Minding the Brain: Models of the Mind, Information, and Empirical Science, edited by Angus J. L. Menuge, Brian R. Krouse, and Robert J. Marks. Below is an excerpt from Chapter 2. Look for more information at MindingtheBrain.org. By Angus Menuge The history of physicalism is one of extraordinary diversity: a wide variety of theories, with multiple versions, have jockeyed for dominance. Yet it is also a tale of persistent failure. One physicalist theory after another has either ignored or falsified the central characteristics of consciousness, intentionality, and rationality that define our mental life. We will begin by tracing the history of physicalism from the early varieties of behaviorism Read More ›

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Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
September 25, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Consciousness, Materialism, Matter, mind, Minding the Brain (book), Robert J. Marks}

An Introduction to Minding the Brain

_{Is your mind the same thing as your brain? Or are there aspects of mind that are external to the biology of the brain?} _{Robert J. Marks

September 25, 2023

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Philosophy of Mind}

Editor’s note: We are delighted to welcome the new book from Discovery Institute Press, Minding the Brain: Models of the Mind, Information, and Empirical Science, edited by Angus J. Menuge, Brian R. Krouse, and Robert J. Marks. Below is an excerpt from the Introduction. Look for more information at MindingtheBrain.org. Is your mind the same thing as your brain? Or are there aspects of mind that are external to the biology of the brain? This question, referred to as the mind-body problem or the mind-brain problem, has been debated for centuries and has captivated curious minds since the dawn of human contemplation. What is the relationship between our mental life and physical body? Intuition suggests our subjective experience of the world is tightly Read More ›