To the editor: “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. On the other hand, the truly radical and still maturing view in the neuroscience community that the mind is entirely the product of the brain presents the ultimate challenge to nearly all religions.” — Kenneth Kosik, Nweuroscience Research Institute, U.C. Santa Barbara (Nature)