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August 2020

August 15, 2020

Does Your Mind Extend Into the World?

“Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin?” You may never...

January 2020

January 12, 2020

10 Ways to be a Bad Catholic Neuroscientist

The most common question I am asked is “How do you reconcile your Catholic faith...

September 2019

September 30, 2019

Neuroscience Does (not?) Disprove Free Will

The idea that neuroscience disproves the existence of free will is prevalent in popular culture....

February 2019

February 13, 2019

Sam Harris’s Lazy Argument against the Self

“There is no place in the brain for a soul to be hiding.” I recently...

January 2019

January 20, 2019

Your Habits Will Save You

Why is forming habits important? My claim is this: habits have to do with your...

December 2018

December 27, 2018

Don’t Set New Year’s Resolutions

Happy New Year! Many of you are likely thinking about changes you want to make...

December 06, 2018

On neuroscience and individualism in Advent

The Nativity is astonishing. Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, was born of a...

November 2018

November 01, 2018

What matters in the end?

Because of modern medicine, we live longer now than any time in human history. But...

September 2018

September 06, 2018

Does neuroscience disprove the soul? Tom Wolfe has some thoughts

I decided to read a Tom Wolfe novel recently. First of all, as a tribute...

August 2018

August 16, 2018

On materialism, suffering, and the opioid crisis

A few weeks ago, one of my loved ones underwent surgery, and was prescribed an opioid...