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Neuroscience gears up for duel on the issue of brain versus deity
Kenneth S. Kosik1
- Neuroscience Research Institute, Department of Molecular and Cellular and Developmental Biology, Bio II, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-5060, USA
The argument over evolution versus intelligent design, discussed in your News story "Day of judgement for intelligent design" (Nature 438, 267; 2005), is a relatively small-stakes theological issue compared with the potential eruption in neuroscience over the material nature of the mind.Siding with evolution does not really pose a serious problem for many deeply religious people, because one can easily accept evolution without doubting the existence of a non-material being.
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