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The brain is a material network of neurons, synapses and biochemicals. The mind is a flow of subjective experiences, such as pain, pleasure, anger and love.
Yuval Noah Harari • 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
The mind is generally associated with feelings, sentience, and consciousness of self, while the brain is a dissectible biological tissue. But learning about the brain, which is part of a larger system called the nervous system, can teach us about the mind and thus about our nature.
Andrew McGonigle • The Physiology of Yoga
More than 20 years ago, two philosophers, Andy Clark and David Chalmers, wrote a journal article that opened with a question: “Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin?” Now, that question would seem to have an obvious answer, right? The mind stops at the head. It’s contained within the skull. But Clark and Chalmers maintained that
... See moreAnnie Murphy Paul • The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
Mental models are really just compact ways for you to recall your own knowledge. [78]
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw
A mental model is simply a representation of how something works. We cannot keep all of the details of the world in our brains, so we use models to simplify the complex into understandable and organizable chunks.