The enduring mystery of how a brain becomes a mind

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Wellness & Longevity United States

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, best known for his discovery of calculus and ensuing mathematical feud with Isaac Newton, supported Descartes’s view on the separation of the brain and the mind. He invited you to imagine yourself shrunk to the size of a flea, and then to join him on a tour of the brain at this tiny scale. (In fact, a flea would be a bit too large to properly explore the nooks and…

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