Mind Definition and 268 Threads

http://www.timeofglobalshift.com/Science/ultisecr.html what u guys think of this

The tools of the mind, Some time ago I was thinking and I realized I was thinking. This is no big deal you may suggest but I started on the line of thought about thinking. I came to a simplistic way of approaching the nature of our minds. I thought if we think of ourselves as a centre...

The man/woman bashing thread-join in the fun! http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/10/01/men.brain.reut/index.html The male brain secretes less of the powerful primary bonding chemical oxytocin and less of the calming chemical serotonin than the female brain. So while women find emotional...

i just saw this movie last night for the first time and thought it was pretty good. have you guys seen it? did you like it? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/nash/ (click on the link that says EXPLANATION) i found that to be pretty interesting, and has sparked my interest in game theory...

In what manner does your cognition primarily present itself?

aren't those mechanical legs disabled people have controlled mentally somehow? what's the techonology behind that? also i think i remember seeing on tv a while back some sort of new game that hooked up to your fingers and temples that could read your thoughts or something, i think it was a...

Recently, I was sent a SPAM entitled learn the kiss test. Apparently, these people believe they have a universal algorithm for determining the right time to kiss a girl. Although, I believe there exists a certain algorithm for getting intimate with any female, I believe all females are unique...

What is it about me that "knows" what it knows? Wouldn't it be fair to say that the acknowledgment of truth is inborn? If not, then how can we acknowledge the truth of anything? Even if it's the truth that science reveals to us? Science is still a by-product of the human endeavor, meaning it's...

From the Marrium webster online dictionary brain> 1 a : the portion of the vertebrate central nervous system that constitutes the organ of thought and neural coordination, includes all the higher nervous centers receiving stimuli from the sense organs and interpreting and correlating them to...

Most of us here are familiar with the Lifegazer's Mind idea, so I won't go into any real explanation - unless it becomes necessary; in which case, I think Lifegazer would do a better job than I would anyway. Lifegazer has said that all minds are products of the Mind (or of God; the terms are...

I am writting an essay on "The Philosophy of the Mind, Body and Soul". There is no particular reason I am writting this, other than for pure enjoyment. Anyway, I am overwhelmed at the myriad amounts of books, essays etc. that have come up while I was researching. So where do I start?? What...

Are there any benefits for the mind from exercise, as well as body, apart from on mood?

Goal of this thread ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This thread is all about a proof that the mind of the entity "Lifegazer", which presents himself on here with a mindless hypothese about "mind", in reality does not exists at all, and that this postings must have been ariven on this board by way of a...

I have heard from my teacher who is abroad now, that he have read a book written by Roger Penrose title "The shadow of mind". I looked for it in our public library but didn't find it. Have anyone of you read it? What is this book all about? Physics or Mind? Will anyone discuss about it ?

I wanted to give the readers (several did ask me to do this) a more direct understanding of my philosophy - which advocates an ultimate reality of a single Mind - and of how the universe we perceive fits-in, perfectly, with this idea. Instead of trying to prove that this is the ultimate-reality...

Greetings ! Well, this forum appears to be a bit "slow" lately. So, nothing like a controversial (and bloody ) multiple page discussion, (orginally from PF2) about how the female mind works - to get it moving again. Try to answer all the critical aspects (and get frustratingly...

The Hurdles to the Mind hypothesis. Did you miss me? :wink: I, unfortunately, could not post all of the replies to the original thread. In fact, I have posted here only the first two posts (which explain the Hurdles). However, I still believe there is much to be discussed, with regard to...

:) We wouldn't be complete without this post in the Philosophy forum, would we?