Ep 96: Computational Universality: Yaron Brook vs Sam Harris response
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The Mind Body Distinction
The mind body distinction has long plagued philosophers it arises in part because our sense of self which is to say consciousness seems so obvious. We do not feel as if the mind is simply made of matter it's just a part of our body apparently there are some people that exist out there I've heard. Some neuroscientists out there who insist that the mind reduces to something like just the firing of sign-ups is in the brain but in truth it's difficult to find actual examples of people like this out in the wild making this claim. So what do we know about this stuff called minds and bodies or minds and brains the mind whatever it turns out to be when we understand it better still is
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