Inquisitive Minds

What is mind? (part 1)

Feb 12 Fri 7:00 PM

Location: Diesel Cafe

257 Elm St
Davis Square
Somerville, MA 02144
617-629-8717

How to find us
"We'll meet in the back of the Diesel Cafe, at the large table."

Attendance: 23 people attended.
5.003 (3 ratings)
Who organized?
Jim B

What is mind?

“In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few” -- Shunryu Suzuki

Who am I? Where is your mind? Is it your brain?

Are you a glorified walking computer? If so, who is the programmer?

Do we have free will, or are our decisions predetermined by the neural network of our brain? Do we only think we have free will? How does our mind shape our perceptions of reality? To what extent can we expand our potential by changing our internal vision, our life scripts?

Over several Meetups, we'll explore questions of free will, neuroscience, perception, and a bit of philosophy.
Come join us for a lively exploration.

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Who attended?

23 attendees
- Evan
  
  “ An excellent discussion of hard-to-define issues among bright, interesting, respectful members. Socialzing afterwards was fun and rewarding, too. ”
- Jim B (+2 guests)
  
  “ It was great to have so many folks contributing to the discussion. A very lively thought provoking discussion. Of course you'd expect that since everyone at the Meetup tonight was just an illusion in Mitch's mind. Now what sort of plate are you thinking of? ”
- Anne Continelli
  
  “ The best part was when we determined that I am everything - all mind, all matter...just everything. I mean, on some level, I knew it all along, but it was nice to have outside confirmation. ”
- Patrick
- belen
- Christian Loidl
- Sal G.
- Beth McAlister
- Patty
- Alex
- Mark Hoffman
- Sher
- John B
- Marty
- Jen
- Lev
- Jen
- karina
- 3 former members