News Reviews and Opinions - Blog by Michael Novakhov: Mike Nova comments: However, this (which I agree with wholeheartedly), does not exclude the chance that he (or anyone in his position) might be right too, sometimes. And in this case (and not being a neuroscientist), I think, he is right: the intensities and differences in blood flows cannot be translated easily into intensity and quality of human emotions and thoughts, although some pictures help somewhat. Mind is not brain, especially if we do not know enough about what either of them really are.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Mike Nova comments: However, this (which I agree with wholeheartedly), does not exclude the chance that he (or anyone in his position) might be right too, sometimes. And in this case (and not being a neuroscientist), I think, he is right: the intensities and differences in blood flows cannot be translated easily into intensity and quality of human emotions and thoughts, although some pictures help somewhat. Mind is not brain, especially if we do not know enough about what either of them really are.

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"The brain is not the mind," writes David Brooks in Opinion. "It is probably impossible to look at a map of brain activity and predict or even understand the emotions, reactions, hopes and desires of the mind."

Beyond the Brain
www.nytimes.com

Advances in neuroscience promise many things, but they will never explain everything.
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David Gustafson When an aging non-scientist makes "profound" statements concerning a scientific field about which he has not more than a casual knowledge, the chance of his being right is indescribably small.

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Burhan Khawaja but there still a chance

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David Gustafson You can swap that chance for a month-old Powerball ticket and get the same odds.

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Adrienne Szabo ^hahaha! @ Burhan^

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Robert Hewitt a broken clock may be right twice a day

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Flap MacDoodle He'd unravel every riddle for any individ'le,
In trouble or in pain.
With the thoughts he'll be thinkin'
Brooks could be another Lincoln
If he only had a brain.

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David Gustafson But a broken clock is still useless.

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Mike Nova However, this (which I agree with wholeheartedly), does not exclude the chance that he (or anyone in his position) might be right too, sometimes. And in this case (and not being a neuroscientist), I think, he is right: the intensities and differences in blood flows cannot be translated easily into intensity and quality of human emotions and thoughts, although some pictures help somewhat. Mind is not brain, especially if we do not know enough about what they really are.

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Jason Storm I was going to rail against this article but David Gustafson beat me to it. Well bowled sir, well met.

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David Gustafson Thank you!

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