![]() ![]() And findings from a new study published in Cancer by a Canadian group suggest that our mental state has measurable physical influence on us – more specifically on our DNA. ![]() The body and mind appear inextricably linked. But centuries of science argue against a corporeal crash pad. The polymathic Frenchman and other dualist philosophers proposed that while the mind exerts control over our physical interaction with the world, there is a clear delineation between body and mind that our material forms are simply temporary housing for our immaterial souls. The only catch is that in Descartes’ opinion, “we” – our thoughts, our personalities, our “minds” – are mostly divorced from our bodies. Even if the stoners, philosophers and quantum mechanically-inclined skeptics who believe we’re living an illusion are right, few existential quips hit with such profound, approachable simplicity. “I think, therefore I am” is perhaps the most familiar one-liner in western philosophy.
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