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MineralMan

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2. That's what I say. Uh-oh...

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 23, 2018, 02:25 PM

Jan 2018

I'm afraid the incomprehensible power of the human brain has not always been used wisely. Too many of the deities it has created have been angry, vindictive ones. Not good.

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The Human Mind Is the Most Powerful Thing in the Universe. [View all] MineralMan Jan 2018 OP

Uh, oh... (n/t) PJMcK Jan 2018 #1

That's what I say. Uh-oh... MineralMan Jan 2018 #2

Where is the mind located? Gin Jan 2018 #3

The mind is electro-chemical in nature. MineralMan Jan 2018 #4

Do you have any evidence of a mind existing without a brain? n/t trotsky Jan 2018 #5

In your opinion, where is the mind located? PJMcK Jan 2018 #6

IMO its outside the body....a collective consciousness....everything starts there Gin Jan 2018 #11

What a novel idea. MineralMan Jan 2018 #13

Your word choice was incorrect. guillaumeb Jan 2018 #15

Your claim is incorrect. trotsky Jan 2018 #16

A complete miss on your part. guillaumeb Jan 2018 #17

You did not even bother to read my post. trotsky Jan 2018 #18

I will allow you to feel that way. guillaumeb Jan 2018 #19

Aw, I am so flattered. trotsky Jan 2018 #20

We do actually know that. Sorry you don't know that. AtheistCrusader Jan 2018 #41

I'll bet you know a lot about neurology. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2018 #21

Hey now. trotsky Jan 2018 #23

I know enough to recognize unfounded assumptions when I read them. guillaumeb Jan 2018 #31

Of course you do. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2018 #33

If only there were more of us. guillaumeb Jan 2018 #34

If only there were more here who studied these topics at reputable institutions of higher learning? Act_of_Reparation Jan 2018 #35

Well, you described your thoughts accurately anyway. AtheistCrusader Jan 2018 #42

The 'location' and 'means' of the mind is well established with empricial evidence. AtheistCrusader Jan 2018 #40

So how does this "collective consciousness" get into the brain? Voltaire2 Jan 2018 #24

Not sure I can explain but here goes Gin Jan 2018 #26

so I still don't understand how these "thought things" that are outside the body Voltaire2 Jan 2018 #27

My examples dont do the topic justice Gin Jan 2018 #28

The problem with dualism and a remarkable woman. Voltaire2 Jan 2018 #29

When a brain is physically damaged, thoughts change. Personalities change. AtheistCrusader Jan 2018 #43

Tell that to people who've been hit by lightning or experienced other traumatic brian injury. AtheistCrusader Jan 2018 #39

I beg to differ. The human libido The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #7

Well, the libido is part of the mind, as well. MineralMan Jan 2018 #12

I'm sticking with black holes. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2018 #8

And there's Donald Trump, the human black hole, who breaks everything. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #9

Not even Trump can break space-time. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2018 #10

We hope... Lordquinton Jan 2018 #36

As far as you are aware. guillaumeb Jan 2018 #14

We have evidence of the mind's power. trotsky Jan 2018 #25

Then demonstrate otherwise, please. MineralMan Jan 2018 #30

I consider many things when I read posts like this. eom guillaumeb Jan 2018 #32

And yet you do not provide any information MineralMan Jan 2018 #37

Thus validating your initial opinion, in your mind. guillaumeb Jan 2018 #38

.. MineralMan Jan 2018 #44

'Yet it's enormous power is unrecognized by most people' Jeroen Jan 2018 #22