October 2003

Question: It seems that memory is physical [yet] you say thoughts even about physical things are nonphysical....If memory is part of the brain, then I can’t see why thoughts, too, can’t be part of the brain.

October 1, 2003

Question: A neurosurgeon, whom you quote often, applied electric currents to the brain’s surface....Probing some areas would trigger whole memory sequences, [even] a familiar song that sounded so clear, the patient thought it was being played in the operating room....It seems that memory is physical [yet] you say thoughts even...Read more

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October 1, 2003

I grew up believing in this [evolution] Myth....But the Myth itself asks me to believe that reason is simply the unforeseen and unintended byproduct of a mindless process....[T]he Myth thus knocks from under me the only ground on which I could possibly believe the Myth to be true. If my...Read more

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