We, all of us, have a nervous system that lights up our lives. Why not
pay attention to it, rather than this "mind" that none can exhibit? I
have outlined a small set of structures that subsume the mammalian
nervous system. A system that can hesitate, weigh alternatives, and
decide. Is this not enough?

This is a conjecture about how a nervous system might work.
If you are interested in the nervous sytem, you might look at:
http://home.nycap.rr.com/rscanlon/brain/brain.htm

Ray

People are said to "hesitate," "weigh alternatives," and "decide." To say
that such behavior is explained by saying the brain does these things says
nothing. Zero. Zip. Nada. Zilch.

Well, it's an affirmation of the validity of materialism.

Because most philosopher's have no understanding of science or
mathematics, they are quite ill-equipped to evaluate the soundness of
physical reductionism. The brain is plenty complicated enough to
produce a "mind," without that mind being anything spectacular or
unusual at all.

Mind is brain, in the eyes of many, and all we experience is an
interaction between various brain zones. If you like, mind is the
bridge between the sections and nothing more.

"Glen M. Sizemore" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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And thusly have you perhaps explained something of the differentiation
between brain and mind?

I think it's a chicken and egg conundrum myself.

On Sep 9, 8:37 pm, "tooly" bellsouth.net> wrote:

If the mind "is" the activities of the brain proceeding through time,
is the egg the activities of the chicken oroceeding through a
particular time?

A chicken and an egg are lying in bed. The chicken is smoking a
cigarette with a satisfied smile on its face and the egg is frowning
and looking a bit pissed off. The egg mutters, to no-one in
particular, "Well, I guess we answered THAT question!"

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=chicken+egg+jokes

On Sep 10, 2:22 am, "rs...@nycap.rr.com" nycap.rr.com> wrote:

Geeeeesh do you really believe you would have come to this conclusion
if all you had was your state of nervousness?

MG

The analogy based upon contemporary computing is tragic. Can you write about
What It Is without resorting to such impoverished metaphors?

"Panther" hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Perhaps Mind is whatever the person doesn't yet understand.

"pico" wrote:

That's not a bad point. It does work much like that these days doesn't it.
As new understanding is reached about the operation of the brain, it's all
assigned to the brain, and removed from the mind.