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The '''mind''' is simply what the brain does. It is related to the [[Self]] and is considered 
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.

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.

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).

== Mind and Memes ==

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.

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.

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?

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?


== Links ==

* Wikipedia entry for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind Mind]

[[Category:Psychology]]
[[Category:Consciousness]]