What is the Mind?

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Have you ever asked yourself what the mind is? What is it made up of? Where does it begin and where does it end? Can we come to an objective definition that everybody can agree on such as the definition of a straight line, which is: "A straight line is the shortest distance between two points."
Where does the mind begin?


Let's explore further and try to find out where mind might begin. Most scientists agree that the mind is the product of the brain. The mind is what the brain does, some people say. I'm not saying that I agree with this, just stating common academic beliefs. There is, however, a huge difference between the mind and the brain. The brain is physical and objective and the mind is mental and subjective. So the mind must begin where the physical properties of the brain leave off and the mental properties of mind take over.

Where is the mind located?
So if the mind is not physical and isn't located anywhere as an object in physical space it must be nonspatial, which means it doesn't occupy space. So if we try to pinpoint its location we would have to say that the mind is a nonspatial extent located between two variables.

How does a physical signal turn into a mental signal?
If we look into the brain and examine its smallest parts we see neurons emitting chemical and electrical signals. When a sound enters your ear, it's converted into an electrical/chemical signal and relayed to a group of neurons in the auditory part of your brain. At the same time other signals (visual, kinesthetic, olfactory) that you experienced at the same time are relayed to other parts of your brain.

Later when we recall the sound this sensory bit of information is converted or translated into a mental bit of information as you hear, see and feel the same things, or similar, as when you initially experienced it. The original signal has been converted into a mental signal. So the mind must begin where electrical and chemical signals within the body and brain leave off and get converted into subjective signals such as thought or perception. The conversion point where a physical signal is translated into a mental signal.

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