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The Minds of Men

Is the mind merely a function of the brain?

Many of today's developments were predicted 35 years ago in what was then called a fantasy. Its title "Brave New –" (static) Dr. Penfield: Is the mind merely a function of the brain?

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Many of today's developments were predicted 35 years ago
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in what was then called a fantasy. Its title
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"Brave New –" (static)
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Dr. Penfield: Is the mind merely a function of the brain?
Duration
18 seconds
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30
Timestamp in Movie
03:30:47
Uploaded
Jul 01, 2025
Genres
documentary
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"The Minds of Men" is a 3+ year investigation into the experimentation, art, and practice of social engineering and mind control during the Cold War - a mind-bending journey into the past that gives startling insight into the worl...
Or is it a separate, but closely related element? - The Minds of Men 00:05
Or is it a separate, but closely related element?
In the past 50 years, - The Minds of Men 00:27
In the past 50 years,
But the mind, I surmise, can give direction only through the mind's brain mechanism. - The Minds of Men 00:07
But the mind, I surmise, can give direction only through the...
It is all very much like programming a private computer. - The Minds of Men 00:05
It is all very much like programming a private computer.
The program comes to an electrical computer from without. - The Minds of Men 00:05
The program comes to an electrical computer from without.
The same is true of each biological computer. - The Minds of Men 00:04
The same is true of each biological computer.
Purpose comes to it from outside its own mechanism. - The Minds of Men 00:05
Purpose comes to it from outside its own mechanism.
This suggests that the mind has energy. - The Minds of Men 00:05
This suggests that the mind has energy.
There I must leave it. - The Minds of Men 00:04
There I must leave it.
Narrator: The 1967 Webster's Dictionary defines Cybernetics - The Minds of Men 00:28
Narrator: The 1967 Webster's Dictionary defines...
In it are a few mentions of cybernetics, - The Minds of Men 00:15
In it are a few mentions of cybernetics,
References were also made to Soviet Cybernetics programs, - The Minds of Men 00:13
References were also made to Soviet Cybernetics programs,
Even though this document wasn't declassified until 2008, - The Minds of Men 00:12
Even though this document wasn't declassified until...
I have puzzled over human evil for a long time. - The Minds of Men 00:05
I have puzzled over human evil for a long time.
And I'm not sure I have more to say about it than anybody else, except - The Minds of Men 00:09
And I'm not sure I have more to say about it than...
What was driving Mark, Ervin, and Sweet? - The Minds of Men 00:06
What was driving Mark, Ervin, and Sweet?
What was driving Delgado? - The Minds of Men 00:05
What was driving Delgado?
Narrator: Dr. José Delgado wrote that "conquering the human mind - The Minds of Men 00:10
Narrator: Dr. José Delgado wrote that "conquering the...
The main aim is to establish a scientific foundation for the creation - The Minds of Men 00:26
The main aim is to establish a scientific foundation for the...
Government health and intelligence agencies... - The Minds of Men 00:05
Government health and intelligence agencies...