
Originally Posted by
Profpat
Once more you ask an excellent question Dipayankar. My own thoughts are that the mind is like the software that runs the computer. the computer itself ( the hardware ) is the brain. Both indeed are necessary to have a functional unit. The software gets programed through physical inputs. This also includes how your parents and society has affected your programing.
An internet research yielded this:
Brain vs. Mind
Introduction Mind results from the organized connections of neurons within the brain, connected both to the environment and to mechanisms for changing the environment (muscles). So is it true to say the mind is nothing but the brain? Scientists who want to find better ways to explain the connection between the brain and mind often take the view that all that´s necessary to understand the mind is in the brain, because that keeps them looking for materially-based explanations, which is how cognitive science progresses. However, at present no one can say for sure how a single "thought" happens, and probably many aspects of cognition will never be explained through a scientific approach alone. Explanations of our thoughts are a subset of our thoughts, not the other way around. Theories should be tools to help us understand and better ourselves, not weapons for those who want to degrade our appreciation of ourselves and other human beings by reducing us to organic machines.
Thanks for the question. What are your thoughts on the subject? Other members are of course invited to this discussion.
Very best to you sir,
Pat
P.S. Does an idea or a concept consume energy?