Lecture Series: Religion and Science Part 1: Beliefs and the Brain – Video

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04-11-2011 03:09 Sunday, September 18, 2:00 pm Panel discussion with Drs. PZ Myers, William Hurlbut, and Loren Frank PhD Paul Zachary "PZ" Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM) and the author of the science blog Pharyngula. Dr. Myers works with zebrafish in the field of evolutionary developmental biology and also cultivates an interest in cephalopods. He has published numerous research papers in Nature and other notable scientific journals. He is a public critic of intelligent design and of the creationist movement in general and is an activist in the American creation-evolution controversy. He is widely regarded as a confrontationalist. In 2006, the journal Nature listed his blog, Pharyngula, as the top-ranked blog written by a scientist. Myers was named Humanist of the Year in 2009, and was honored with the International Humanist Award in 2011. Asteroid 153298 Paulmyers is named in his honor. William B. Hurlbut is a physician and Consulting Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University Medical Center. After receiving his undergraduate and medical training at Stanford, he completed postdoctoral studies in theology and medical ethics, studying with Robert Hamerton-Kelly, the Dean of the Chapel at Stanford, and subsequently with the Rev. Louis Bouyer of the Institut Catholique de Paris. His primary areas of interest involve the ethical issues associated with advancing biomedical technology, the ...

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