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After reading a few of thecomments above, I am having a difficult time choosing what to believe. I do not think that there should be a distinction between whether behavior exists due tothe brain or if behavior exists due to the mind. Scientific research has shown that our actions and motions (our behavior) is a result of an electrical current moving through axons and neurons, whichare signaled from the brain. Therefore, I do believe that the brain does equalbehavior, but I also believe that the mind equals behavior. I believe that physical behavior (the actions we carry out) is a result from our brain; however, it is why or how we behave that is a result from our mind. For me, the brain and the mind are related to one another. I feel that a human being cannot be a person without having both a brain and a mind.

I guess you can say then that I am siding with Descartes because I am making a distinction between the brain and the mind and I believe one needs both in order to exist as an individual person. For instance, take identical twins. Both have the same genetic makeup, but most of the time they are very different from each other. How? I feel thisis a consequence of possessing a mind and a soul. Also, everyone has very similar brain structures. I see the brain as an organ, an object, which helps us express what our minds are feeling and want "us" to do. If our brains are all the same and a mind does not exist, why are we all so different then? One might argue because we have different experiences, backgrounds, andcultures, which are absorbed by our brain (as Emily Dickenson describes); however, there are people that do have the same experiences or have the same backgrounds and/or cultures who still are very different from one another. How is this possible? I believe this is because of the existence of the mind. This is how we are so unique. The brain, however, is still important because they help people express their minds.