Yes, the brain and the body are part of that single, thinking organism. Thinking and body cannot be separated. Don DeLillo mentioned in the Paris Review that he builds architectural structures with the manual typewriter.
The problem is that people understand the brain is body yet make decisions based off of outdated belief systems or early psychology. We tackle problems with a hammer when an fMRI is needed instead. I recall reading a study that determined that a significant amount of prisoners suffered brain damage early in life. I think the study focused on two maximum state prisons. What do we do if that explains a lot of criminality? Meanwhile NFL football players change personalities during or after their career, unable to control impulses and sometimes resorting to violence against themselves or others. Society doesn’t want to think about the brain. It complicates our preferred narratives.
I didn’t know DeLillo used a typewriter. Makes sense. Someday I’ll take on Underworld.
Yes, the brain and the body are part of that single, thinking organism. Thinking and body cannot be separated. Don DeLillo mentioned in the Paris Review that he builds architectural structures with the manual typewriter.
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The problem is that people understand the brain is body yet make decisions based off of outdated belief systems or early psychology. We tackle problems with a hammer when an fMRI is needed instead. I recall reading a study that determined that a significant amount of prisoners suffered brain damage early in life. I think the study focused on two maximum state prisons. What do we do if that explains a lot of criminality? Meanwhile NFL football players change personalities during or after their career, unable to control impulses and sometimes resorting to violence against themselves or others. Society doesn’t want to think about the brain. It complicates our preferred narratives.
I didn’t know DeLillo used a typewriter. Makes sense. Someday I’ll take on Underworld.
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