# Intuitive Dualism Misleads Us About Mind and Brain by Tania Lombrozo > “Intuitive dualism is the belief that mind and body, and therefore mind and brain, are fundamentally different—so different, that it’s surprising to learn of the carefully orchestrated correspondence revealed by the findings summarized above. It’s wrong to equate mind with brain (perhaps, to quote Marvin Minsky, ‘the mind is what the brain does’), but we ought to reject the Cartesian commitments that underlie intuitive dualism—no matter how intuitive they feel.” > **— Tania Lombrozo**, *2016, Edge Annual Question, “WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE MOST INTERESTING RECENT [SCIENTIFIC”* ## Sources and Context - **Direct Edge response and surrounding essay:** [Edge response](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26725) — Edge published this passage in its 2016 Annual Question collection, *WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE MOST INTERESTING RECENT [SCIENTIFIC*. - **Exact archived wording:** “The first reason comes down to what psychologist Paul Bloom calls “intuitive dualism.” Intuitive dualism is the belief that mind and body, and therefore mind and brain, are fundamentally different—so different, that it’s surprising to learn of the carefully orchestrated correspondence revealed by the “findings” summarized above. It’s wrong to equate mind with brain (perhaps, to quote Marvin Minsky, “the mind is what the brain does”), but we ought to reject the Cartesian commitments that underlie intuitive dualism—no matter how intuitive they feel.” - **Complete local collection index:** [[research/Edge 2016 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2016 Full Quotation Curation]] — retained source-first record for the response cohort and this passage's promotion status. - **Editorial treatment:** The readable Reminder selects a self-contained portion of the archived passage and, where necessary, applies light punctuation or transcription repair. It does not add a consequence or increase the speaker's certainty; the complete exact archived wording is preserved above. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Science of Digital Consciousness|Science of Digital Consciousness]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Consciousness|Consciousness]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Consciousness|Consciousness]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Intuitive dualism is the belief that mind and body, and therefore mind and brain, are fundamentally different—so different, that it’s surprising to learn of the carefully orchestrated correspondence revealed by the findings summarized above. It’s wrong to equate mind with brain (perhaps, to quote Marvin Minsky, ‘the mind is what the brain does’), but we ought to reject the Cartesian commitments that underlie intuitive dualism—no matter how intuitive they feel.” — Tania Lombrozo, 2016, Edge Annual Question, “WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE MOST INTERESTING RECENT [SCIENTIFIC” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-tania-lombrozo-intuitive-dualism-mind-brain ```