New Book, The Immortal Mind, Out Today — The Brain Can Be Split, but Not the Mind

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Even when the brain is split in half, many important aspects of the mind remain unified. Thus, the mind is something that the brain isn’t. Source
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What 1,000+ Brain Surgeries Taught About the Mind

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Michael Egnor continues his discussion with Pat Flynn, noting that neither seizures nor Penfield’s brain stimulation provoked abstract thought. Source
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