American Center for Transforming Education Director Keri D. Ingraham was at the White House last week. This was the second invitation this spring in recognition of her work to advance education freedom and other meaningful education reforms across the country.
On this episode of Mind Matters News, host Robert J. Marks concludes his four-part conversation with neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Egnor about his new book The Immortal Mind. In this final segment, the evidence for the reality of near-death experiences (NDEs) is examined, including well-documented cases such as that of Pam Reynolds, whose NDE occurred during a highly-monitored neurosurgical procedure. Marks and Egnor discuss the implications of NDEs for understanding consciousness, the soul, and the afterlife. Their conclusion? That NDEs provide strong evidence for the existence of an immortal soul and the reality of an afterlife. With his new book, Dr. Egnor presents a compelling case that NDEs, along with other classes of evidence, challenge materialist explanations and point to the …
Can viewing life as designed enhance scientific research? Today, host Andrew McDiarmid speaks with physicist Dr. Brian Miller about the fruitful research that can result when engineering principles are applied to the study of biological systems. Dr. Miller is part of a group that brings together engineers, scientists, and scholars to demonstrate how engineering principles, patterns, and tools can deepen the understanding of biology. The group hosts an annual Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, hosted by the Discovery Institute, that highlights new insights and research projects in this bold new approach to the study of life. Here, Dr. Miller explains how concepts from human engineering reveal an astonishing level of optimized design and interconnectedness within biological …
Is the soul a myth? Does your mind really just boil down to brain function? On today’s ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid speaks with journalist Denyse O’Leary about surprising findings out of neuroscience that shatter materialist assumptions. O’Leary is co-author with Dr. Michael Egnor of The Immortal Mind: A Neurosurgeon’s Case for the Existence of the Soul. The materialist claim that the human mind is simply the physical functions of the brain now dominates the field of neuroscience. But new evidence is challenging that assertion. O’Leary begins by reporting on the unexpected results of a multi-year study on the origin of consciousness, suggesting that the prefrontal cortex portion of the brain, often emphasized in popular literature, matters …