Julien Musolino

“If our memories and consciousness are to survive death, as most religious people believe, then memory and consciousness must reside in some nonmaterial entity. But if that's the case, then why do we lose memories when we experience brain trauma or disease, or ingest drugs? If consciousness dwells in the soul, then why do we become unconscious under anesthesia or from a blow to the head?”
― Julien Musolino, Soul Fallacy: What Science Shows We Gain From Letting Go of Our Soul Beliefs

“I will show you that the authors who assert otherwise, a group of people I call the New Dualists, are simply not playing by the rules of the scientific game. Instead of trying to convince the scientific community of the validity of their conclusions, the New Dualists pitch their extraordinary claims directly to the general public, banking (sometimes quite profitably) on the fact that nonspecialists will not be able to tell the difference between good science and bad science.”
― Julien Musolino, Soul Fallacy: What Science Shows We Gain From Letting Go of Our Soul Beliefs