Neuroscientist Dr. Sharon Dirckx recently came to the OSU College of Medicine to speak on the topic of her new book, Am I Just My Brain?. A room packed with medical students and healthcare professionals listened attentively as she argued that a materialist view of personhood falls short of explaining the human conscience. She argued that the Christian worldview, that human beings have a soul or spirit that transcends our biological makeup, best makes sense of the neuroscience of the human conscience. The event ended with Q and A in which she was able to express how encountering evidence for Jesus’ resurrection has changed her life.
