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The Immortal Mind: How Neuroscience Points Beyond Materialism

Is your mind more than just your brain? Does the soul actually exist? These questions have been pondered for millennia. What does the latest scientific research suggest? On this episode of the ID The Future podcast, renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Egnor begins a conversation with host ‪Andrew McDiarmid‬ about his new book The Immortal Mind: A Neurosurgeon’s Case for the Read More ›

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Is The Soul Real? A Neurosurgeon Explores The Evidence

Does science prove the existence of the soul? Here award-winning neurosurgeon Michael Egnor explores the evidence. Many scientists and doctors believe that there is no such thing as the soul. That there is no part of us that persists beyond death. We are not spiritual in any respect. We are made up of cells and tissue, and completely controlled by Read More ›

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Information Economics: George Gilder’s “Life After Capitalism”

What underpins this understanding of economics is what George Gilder calls the "materialist superstition." From the capitalism of Adam Smith and David Ricardo to the socialism of Karl Marx, classical economics to socialist economics rest on the assumed pillar of Newtonian determinism and static materialism. There is also only so much matter to go around, the materialist superstition has us believe, therefore, no amount of incentives and technological innovation can avoid the fact that we will run out of material goods. Read More ›
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Johannes Kepler, the Book of Nature, and the Language of Mathematics

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Students in Unsafe Schools Must Have Another Option

The Trump Administration continues to take decisive action to address the national K-12 public education crisis, ensuring a change of course from the dire status quo. The latest action occurred on May 7th when the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education sent a letter to all state education chiefs, which opened by stating: “Parents should never worry about their child’s safety at school.” Read More ›