Mindfulness or Mindlessness?

[DLJ]

Mind is an emergent property of the brain's neuron activity.  Thoughts are some aspect of mind, though to call them building blocks wouldn't be accurate.  Perhaps every thought is a miniature version of mind and we simply consider them collectively to be our Mind.

Thinking about it too much makes mine shut down.

Yup, I think you're into something there... 'mind' is a label for a set.

"Building blocks" is a Business Architecture term... very relevant to the nature/nurture distinction.

Cool.

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I'm in the mind/brain camp. Damage the mind/brain enough and you end up with no thoughts (at least not measurable/recognizable) but can still preserve life. Never heard of anyone recreating a damaged mind thru thought.

One can certainly have brain damage (cue Pink Floyd) but can one damage the mind?

Yet another argument for the non-existence of 'mind'.

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It has been a long time since I delved into any philosophy, so I am just dipping my toes into the Ship of Theseus as I have not encountered this mind puzzle before and just looked it up.  It is an interesting question.  I almost immediately began thinking in terms of the human body on a cellular level.  Physically our cells make us who we are.  They die and are replaced by new cells constantly.  So if millions of cells are replaced in a year's time, would an individual be the same person from the one the year before?

Nailed it.

Exactly my line of thought.

Are you in any of the service industries by any chance?

That's the thing about the Ship of Theseus... it isn't a ship. It's a service.

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It has been a long time since I delved into any philosophy, so I am just dipping my toes into the Ship of Theseus as I have not encountered this mind puzzle before and just looked it up.  It is an interesting question.  I almost immediately began thinking in terms of the human body on a cellular level.  Physically our cells make us who we are.  They die and are replaced by new cells constantly.  So if millions of cells are replaced in a year's time, would an individual be the same person from the one the year before?

The biologogical answer is no, not the same. The body does not replace dead with identical cells, even though you might 'feel' that same.

Yabut, the components that are replaced on the ship (including crew members) are also not identical.