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by _xiaz 622 days ago
Additionally I am bothered by the insistence of these outlets to forego connecting the brain and the mind, as well as hormones and feelings.

Like cortisol and dopamine or whatever are just chemical representations of feelings, are they not? And large areas of the brain are just a physical representation of the mind, right?

It's like they pretend the brain is just some other organ, like our liver or kneecap, and not the irreducable self.

Maybe that's relatable too