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201. Michael Shermer on Evolution, I.D. Theory, Consciousness, Morality, Gullibility, and Nothing (AMA # 7)

The Michael Shermer Show

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Is There a Mind Without a Brain?

Rick layland: I enjoyed your recent interview with doctor myer regarding his book, the god hypothesis. My question is whether a mind can exist without a brain? Does the mind require a physical structure the brain, in order for thoughts, ideas, emotions, et cetera, to be formed? Doctor myer: Yes, of course, i agree with you completely. Most people are natural born duellists. As paul bloom likes to say, we're born as young children actually conceiving of the world as having dualistic properties. And thoughts feel like they're floating around up there in the brain because you can't sense your neurons operating. The brain doesn't sense

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