arundelo comments on A Kick in the Rationals: What hurts you in your LessWrong Parts? - Less Wrong

24 Post author: sixes_and_sevens 25 April 2012 12:12PM

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Comment author: chaosmosis 26 April 2012 01:53:44AM 10 points [-]

Examples of brain damage patients would also prove your point nicely, perhaps more saliently.

Comment author: Michelle_Z 26 April 2012 03:09:15PM 4 points [-]

Thank you, I will keep that in mind.

Comment author: arundelo 27 April 2012 12:33:07PM 1 point [-]

Someone I used to know said that the brain-based nature of the mind was brought home to him when he had a stroke and his personality changed. (The only specific example I can remember is that he went from loving science fiction to having no interest in it.)