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Descartes Believed the Pineal Gland was the “Seat of the Soul” – It Is Still Reasonable Today
In the 1600s, the brain was a mystery box with no scans, neurons, or hormones. Just gray matter and guesses. Into that fog stepped René Descartes, the 17th-century French philosopher, armed with logic and nerve. Descartes believed the mind and body were separate things. One thought. And the other one extended in space. He called […]
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