# Is it Folly Searching for Mind Within the Brain?

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**Created:** [October 28, 2025, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/is-it-folly-searching-for-mind-within-the-brain/11777 "2025-10-28T05:46:17Z")\
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> [@citizenschallengev4](#):
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> And how much time have you spent thinking about them?

How long have we been discussing this?

To clarify. I agree with you that body/brain = mind. I don’t care that much about Chalmers, feel free to rip into him all you want. Where we seem to differ is that I think a lot of people agree with you about what the mind is.

> [@The Ideological Brain](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/the-ideological-brain/11539/8):
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> I went back this for review and found that I did retain it well at all. Reading it, I felt like it was not terribly technical, but trying to pick it up, to remember the main themes, not so easy. I might go through it again slowly, like I’m doing with my Misguided substack

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