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| - | The '''mind''' is related to the [[Self]] and is considered as responsible for one's thoughts and feelings. | + | The '''mind''' is simply what the brain does. It is related to the [[Self]] and is considered |
| - | It is an abstract concept which describes all of the brain's conscious and unconscious cognitive processes. | + | as responsible for one's thoughts and feelings. It is an abstract concept which describes all of the brain's conscious and unconscious cognitive processes. Although it does not exist as a single, unified substance, it emerges from the coordinated action of a group of agents and acts to orchestrate them in turn. In this sense, the coordinated hallucination of people is often associated with a team spirit or god, while the coordinated hallucination of neurons is associated with the personal spirit, the soul or the mind. |
| - | Although it does not exist as a single, unified substance, it emerges from the coordinated action of a group | + | |
| - | of agents and acts to orchestrate them in turn. In this sense, | + | |
| - | + | We know that everything in the physical arises from atoms. [[Gene|Genes]] shape life-forms and contain the blueprints of bodies. In the world of abstract thoughts and [[System|systems]], everything arises from ideas. [[Meme|Memes]] can shape culture and civilization, organizations and [[Community|communities]], or theories and [[Theorem|theorems]]. Together, cultural memes and biological genes shape the mind, this wonderful combination of thoughts and behavior patterns based on a universe of neural assemblies and brain chemicals. How exactly is often the question. | |
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| + | There are many theories of the mind and its function, which are the subject of Psychology and Neuroscience. The [[Society_of_Mind|society of mind]] approach tries to explain the mind as a society of agents (or CAS). | ||
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| + | == Mind and Memes == | ||
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| + | How many [[Meme|memes]] does a mind have? | ||
| + | What would be needed to reconstruct a mind? | ||
| + | Can we (re-)construct minds from different | ||
| + | parts or pieces ? Is there a blueprint for | ||
| + | a soul (whatever that is)? If [[Gene|genes]] are | ||
| + | blueprints used to construct bodies, then | ||
| + | maybe [[Meme|memes]] can be considered as | ||
| + | blueprints to construct minds. | ||
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| + | An autobiography is maybe the thing which | ||
| + | is perhaps the most similar to such a | ||
| + | blueprint. One difference to genetic blueprints | ||
| + | is the temporal relationship: genetic blueprints | ||
| + | exist before the life of the individual, whereas | ||
| + | autobiographies exist only after the life of | ||
| + | the individual. During our life, our personality | ||
| + | is reinforced and we become more like ourselves. | ||
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| + | Yet autobiographies of other people and | ||
| + | ancestors can be used to "build new souls". | ||
| + | "Holy books" are often autobiographies of | ||
| + | famous prophets or represent the history of | ||
| + | whole countries and cultures. Maybe stories, | ||
| + | fairy tales, myths, "holy books" and belief systems | ||
| + | in general (or all set of rules and ideas which specify | ||
| + | the right kind of behavior) can be considered | ||
| + | as "memetic blueprints" to build souls? Are | ||
| + | they the scripts which contain the rules that | ||
| + | direct our plays? | ||
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| + | If a body is a 3-dimensional entity, how much | ||
| + | dimensions does a mind or a soul have? How many | ||
| + | memes are needed to "make a mind"? I would | ||
| + | say it depends. Maybe at least as many dimensions | ||
| + | as roles which a person plays. A person plays | ||
| + | many roles, related to nationality, language, family, | ||
| + | work, etc. Each role is associated with a bundle | ||
| + | of behavior patterns or a set of memes. Do you | ||
| + | agree? | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
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* Wikipedia entry for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind Mind] | * Wikipedia entry for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind Mind] | ||
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[[Category:Consciousness]] | [[Category:Consciousness]] | ||
