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By: Response to Skeptics' Guide Host, Dr. Steven Novella (Podcast) - Page 6 - Alternative medicine and parapsychology forums of mind-energy.net

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:14:03 +0000

[...] Steven Novella on materialism versus dualism: [...]

By: Steven Novella

Steven Novella — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:06:27 +0000

I replied: http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php?p=193

By: NeuroLogica Blog » Dr. Egnor Misses the Point Again

NeuroLogica Blog » Dr. Egnor Misses the Point Again — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:05:05 +0000

[...] that we need to hypothesize something other than the physical brain in order to explain the mind. On Monday I responded to Egnor’s most recent post in which he claimed that I was being dogmatic (a favorite tactic [...]

By: The skepTick

The skepTick — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:38:00 +0000

Wow – his response is too precious for words. Besides not answering the question, Egnor shows his knowledge of physics extends as far as wikipedia bullet points will allow him to go. To actually summon Tachyons to his defense…he might as well have called upon dragons.

Egnor also presents a new history on the development of the theory of general relativity. I think we can say that GR was an intelligently designed theory and did NOT evolve from SR, as he claims.

Next he claims that GR is not adequate because it does not comport with Quantum Mechanics. This is not true – QM must take into account relativity to accurately predict the energy structure of atoms.

But the main point is that Egnor does not take up the challenge. His response is not a very clever dodge, and evasion does not win the day. Apparently he is smart enough to know when to run so that he might come back another day.

By: John Pieret

John Pieret — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:36:50 +0000

Dr. Egnor has replied to your post:

http://www.evolutionnews.org/2008/02/dr_steven_novellas_challenge_p.html

I think it is safe to say he has taken a … unique … approach in his response.

By: skidoo

skidoo — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:21:50 +0000

I was going to post a comment, but it ran a little long, and turned into a blog entry instead. The short of it is: This reminds me of the debate with Baughman.

By: Neurological Showdown | Skeptical Acid

Neurological Showdown | Skeptical Acid — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:20:09 +0000

[...] Steven Novella is engaged in another interesting debate with yet another neurologist: creationist mouthpiece and embarrassment-to-science Dr. Michael Egnor [...]

By: hhaley

hhaley — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:33:26 +0000

One of the things that pushed me further on my journey away from faith was when I started taking antidepressents. A medication changing my thoughts the way it did pointed me to a material view of my mind and left me wondering where the soul would come into play.

By: b_calder

b_calder — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:08:53 +0000

Does a creationist have to have logic? Yesterday, the Florida Department of Education held a public meeting on Science Standards that include express mention of evolution. Here is a link to a blog that contains a loose narrative of it:

http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/02/11/florida-final-public-meeting-underway-part-1/

The narrative goes on for nine entries, making it obvious that the thinking is not new. The whole thing is so sad. . .

By: alltruenews

alltruenews — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:29:15 +0000

Again Mr. Novella has exposed sloppy thinking for what it is. Why are these concepts so difficult for others to grasp?