Mind Definition and 285 Threads

Recently, I went through a sort of "stage" where i wanted to disprove everything worth disproving, and we all know, if you move one card at the bottom of a stack, you change quite a bit. What i did was try to figure out the atomic theory structure. I wanted to see if it was right. I came up with...

Recently, I went through a sort of "stage" where i wanted to disprove everything worth disproving, and we all know, if you move one card at the bottom of a stack, you change quite a bit. What i did was try to figure out the atomic theory structure. I wanted to see if it was right. I came up...

Brian D. Josephson Department of Physics, University of Cambridge The point in regard to mathematical thinking, which motivates our model, is the following. Consider first of all what the brain does in visual perception. Here the primary information from the visual receptors goes...

Are sensations dependent on your impression of what the particular sensation should feel like? For example, pain. How do we know that pain generally causes hurt? Why does it make us feel uncomfertable? Zen priests are able to put an immense amount of pressure on their arms (about 1000...

According to the Webster dictionary the word Pheromone refers to a "chemical substance secreted and released by an animal for detection and response by another." Popular press you may recall have often referred to these hormones as the basis of instinctive reactions such as sexual desire and...

"Beautiful Mind" equation In the movie A Beautiful Mind, Prof. Nash introduces his class at MIT to a problem (below) on the chalkboard and states "...for others among you it will take the term of your natural lives." What is this equation, is it nontrivial, and does it have a solution...

Why do the minds of many fear or even deny death? The mere thought of death for some people trigger panic attacks. Granted the mind's instintual reaction is to fear the unknown as a means of survival, but shouldn't the mind have already evolved to accept death? Does this mean that the true...

Mind to Mind: Mr. Dennett & Mr. Gautama Exchange Ideas (NOTE: The main body of this thread, though written as a fantasy :cool:, prepares for earnest “test questions” posed at the end of the thread.) Good day ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Mind to Mind! Sit back and enjoy as we utilize...

im wondering what these images i see are. When i close my eyes and gently push the palmes of my hand into my eyes, after about 30 seconds, i start seeing swirling lights and strings and squares, and detailed contantly shifting shapes that i can't possibly describe accuratly. It is...

Does the mind have a limit to knowledge it can obtain or over time or can it do anything? More time depending on the persons skills of course? For example Math. I'm in Grade 10 I take normal Math. I have trouble with the occasional thing but if I do I practice it. There isn't any math I've...

This was a Brain teaser question, and i have no idea whatsoever why this is the correct answer. As i said in the thread title an uneducated mind

Is there any possibilites that we can command our computers through Mind?

Here's a few kickers for those of you who don't know a lot about the mathematics of relativity: The locus of all points equidistant from the origin is a four dimensional hyberbola given by: d^2=(y_1-x_1)^2+(y_2-x_2)^2+(y_3-x_3)^2-c^2(y_4-x_4)^2 where c is the speed of light. Also the...

yo man u seem really really smart. i was wondering if u don't mind me asking where did u go to school and what did u major in. i love math, its fascinating, and u seem to have a very in depth understanding of it so if u don't mind could u tell me? also i don't have a question. 2+2/2 wahts the...

I have this habit of always attempting to look at things from a different perspective. I've found it often helps me if I can understand the thought processes of someone else and how they arrive at particular conclusions. So has anyone ever tried to picture the mind of someone vastly...

when we see we can understand what we are looking at, we can also visualize what it is that we have seen if we commit it to memory. But why do we visualize our thoughts only to the front of us? for example visualize a train moving through your mind, do you see it right in front of you? well i...

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...

Greetings ! The Mind hypothesys - here's your thread LG. Can you give us the ultimate sum-up, please ? Live long and prosper.

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