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328. Paul Bloom — Psych: The Story of the Human Mind

The Michael Shermer Show

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The Mind Is Just a Working System, Right?

The mind really is just a word to describe what the brain is doing, right? It's a process that operates. So how does it work? And how does neurons swapping chemicals across synaptic gaps give rise to what we're doing in the sense of life itself? I think we know, but there are people who disagree with this, but I think this is kind of gospel from psychology and well-founded gospel.

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