This paper reviews and critiques the Tom Wolfe essay "Sorry, but Your Soul Just Died", about how neuro-science has brought
humanity to the brink of a final mechanistic and deterministic view of human nature. In the first section entitled "Who's Afraid of Tom Wolfe?", the author thoroughly discusses and then refutes, each of Wolfe's arguments and scientific predictions. In the paper's second section, titled "Into the Abyss," the author assesses Wolfe's views of the divine, comparing it with his own and those of other modern thinkers. The paper concludes with the author's opinion that Wolfe's essay is flawed since it revolves around naive, positivistic notions of "science", which are highly controversial and essentially faulty. Therefore, the author indicates that he does not believe it is time to do away with centuries-old notions of
spirituality and human nature. Outline Part I: Who's Afraid of Tom Wolfe? Part II: Into the Abyss