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*[http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/magazines/2014/september-october/the-enigmatic-human-brain The enigmatic human brain]
 
*[http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/magazines/2014/september-october/the-enigmatic-human-brain The enigmatic human brain]
 
*[http://www.creationmoments.com/radio/transcripts/most-complex-structure The human brain: The most complex structure in the universe]
 
*[http://www.creationmoments.com/radio/transcripts/most-complex-structure The human brain: The most complex structure in the universe]
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==== Mind uploading: Wishful atheist thinking ====
 
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Mind uploading is the notion that someday mankind may be able to scan and upload their minds to mechanical storage mediums. Mind loading is not feasible.  According to the [[Oxford University]] philosopher Nick Bostrum, the notion that one can upload one's mind into into mechanical storage mediums has its roots in atheistic/secular humanism and [[evolution]]ary ideologies.<ref>[http://www.nickbostrom.com/papers/history.pdf A HISTORY OF TRANSHUMANIST THOUGHT, Nick Bostrom, Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University]</ref>  The atheist, [[evolution]]ist and [[eugenics|eugenicist]] [[Julian Huxley]] coined the term transhumanism.<ref>[http://www.nickbostrom.com/papers/history.pdf A HISTORY OF TRANSHUMANIST THOUGHT, Nick Bostrom, Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University]</ref> See: [[Atheism and transhumanism]]
 
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*[http://hplusmagazine.com/2011/05/06/against-naive-uploadism-memory-consciousness-and-synaptic-homeostasis/ Against Naive Uploadism: Memory, Consciousness, and Synaptic Homeostasis], Seth Weisberg, ''H+ Magazine'', May 6, 2011
 
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*[http://futurisms.thenewatlantis.com/2010/06/why-transhumanism-wont-work.html Why Transhumanism Won't Work], ''The New Atlantis'', June 10, 2010
 
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*[http://neurologism.com/2013/12/11/will-we-ever-be-able-to-upload-our-minds-to-a-computer/ Will we ever be able to upload our minds to a computer?]
 
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*[http://io9.com/you-ll-probably-never-upload-your-mind-into-a-computer-474941498 You Might Never Upload Your Brain Into a Computer] by George Dvorsky posted at 4/17/13 12:02pm at io9.com
 
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*[http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/06/24/whats-the-likelihood-of-the-singularity-part-two-uploading-the-brain/ What's the Likelihood of the Singularity? Part Two: Uploading the Brain] by Alex Knapp, Forbes, 6/24/2011
 
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== Atheism and brain function ==
 
== Atheism and brain function ==
  

Revision as of 17:52, October 27, 2015

If naturalism is true, then we ought not to trust our capacity for reason for the human brain would be a byproduct of blind/unintelligent natural forces. [1]

Atheism/naturalism and reason are incompatible.[2] Therefore, believing in naturalism is self-defeating. In short, if naturalism is true, then we ought not to trust our capacity for reason for the human brain would be a byproduct of blind/unintelligent natural forces. [3] See also: Intelligent design and Evolution

C.S. Lewis's argument for reason and for the irrationality of materialism

C. S. Lewis, photographed in 1947.

Clive Staples Lewis, commonly referred to as C.S. Lewis, (b. November 29, 1898, Belfast - d. November 22, 1963, Oxford) was an Irish writer, novelist, essayist, moral mythologist and a world-acclaimed master of Christian apologetics.

Below are some resources on C.S. Lewis' argument from reason:

Atheism and irrationality

A common and legitimate criticism of the atheist worldview is that atheism is irrational.[4]

See also: Atheism and irrationality

A common and legitimate criticism of the atheist worldview is that atheism is irrational.[5] In short, atheism is a fundamentally incoherent worldview with a number of inconsistencies.[6]

Atheistic worldview cannot account for the laws of logic

See also: Atheism and logic and Transcendental argument for the existence of God

The atheistic worldview cannot account for the laws of logic (See: Atheism and logic).[7]

Atheist worldview cannot explain consciousness

The atheist worldview cannot explain the existence of consciousness either and the theistic worldview can offer a reasonable explanation.[8]

Advocates of mind uploading (Mind uploading is the notion that someday mankind may be able to scan and upload their minds to computer storage mediums) are generally strong advocates of cryonics as well.[9] Mind uploading is not a feasible hypothesis.[10] See also: Atheism and cryonics

Existence of consciousness

Atheism and brain function

See also: Atheism and brain function and Atheism and intelligence

Study involving magnetism, brain function and the posterior medial frontal cortex

See also: Causes of atheism and Atheism and logic and Atheism and logical fallacies

The organization American Vision wrote about a University of York study involving magnetism and brain function:

“ This has to be embarrassing . . . if you’re an atheist. A new study performed at the University of York used targeted magnetism to shut down part of the brain. The result: belief in God disappeared among more than 30 percent of participants.

That in itself may not seem so embarrassing, but consider that the specific part of the brain they frazzled was the posterior medial frontal cortex—the part associated with detecting and solving problems, i.e., reasoning and logic.

In other words, when you shut down the part of the brain most associated with logic and reasoning, greater levels of atheism result.[11]

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Religious individuals and thicker cerebral cortices

According to the Journal of the American Medical Association - Psychiatry people who place a high importance of religion in their lives have thicker cerebral cortices and may be better able to fight depression.[12][13] See: Atheism and depression

Thicker cerebral cortices in individuals is positively associated with higher intelligence.[14]

See also

References

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  4. ↑ Atheism by Matt Slick
  5. ↑ Atheism by Matt Slick
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  8. ↑ The Argument from Consciousness for the Existence of God by John Piippo, 3/20/2012
  9. ↑ Mind uploading - Thought experiments as knowledge
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  11. ↑ Atheists embarrassed: study proves atheism uses less brain function
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