Neurosurgeon Provides Evidence Against Materialism

[Pat Mustard]

I found this absolutely fascinating, and thought the various members would also love to hear this and talk about their own views. 




As a Christian, I am a mind-body dualist, and I am not a materialist.

What do you think?

He's one of the few experts* who appeared in Expelled: No "Intelligence" Allowed without being lied to as to what the film was about, so his ability to intelligently comment on scientific matters is questionable at best.

PS Dualism is pretty much debunked at this stage. With brain scanning techniques and technology we can know how well our brains work and have a good idea as to the processes and feedback loops which cause consciousness. We have absolutely no evidence of a non-corporeal soul, and it's centrality to christianity is better explained by accepting that Boethius' partial translation of Aristotle's works (he translated the earliest books, a full translation would have destroyed the christan concept of souls) caused christians to adopt a false ideology than that they exist in actuality.

*Though as a neurosurgeon his scientific expertise doesn't necessarily have to be all that great.