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Neuroscience’s Limited Competence

Question:

Can neuroscience explain the mind and the soul?

Answer:

Neuroscience can detect physical or material brain activities that accompany the human thought process, but the immaterial realm of the soul is simply beyond its competence. Indeed, it would be a futile endeavor for a neuroscientist to attempt to examine the soul under a microscope or some other material instrument of examination.

For more on science and the human soul, please see this article.

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