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The primary question of our time: Is Mind Brain?
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RE: The primary question of our time: Is Mind Brain?
September 4, 2011 at 4:32 pm
(September 4, 2011 at 4:26 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: I don't doubt that storage and cognition are physical functions. What's produced (thoughts, ideas, personality) is more than simple retrieval of data. That's not to say that ethereal processes are invoked; just that it's a step removed from physical function. Forcing it to be physical function is lying about it.

What do you mean by 'a step removed fro physical function'?




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The primary question of our time: Is Mind Brain? - by Fred - September 4, 2011 at 12:50 pm
RE: The primary question of our time: Is Mind Brain? - by Fred - September 4, 2011 at 10:04 pm
RE: The primary question of our time: Is Mind Brain? - by Fred - September 5, 2011 at 12:16 am
RE: The primary question of our time: Is Mind Brain? - by downbeatplumb - September 4, 2011 at 4:32 pm
RE: The primary question of our time: Is Mind Brain? - by Fred - September 5, 2011 at 12:34 am
RE: The primary question of our time: Is Mind Brain? - by Fred - September 4, 2011 at 10:54 pm
RE: The primary question of our time: Is Mind Brain? - by Fred - September 5, 2011 at 12:07 am
RE: The primary question of our time: Is Mind Brain? - by Fred - September 5, 2011 at 12:52 am

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