Even the kind of conspiracy theorist who wears a tinfoil hat to protect his brain from being zapped by Kremlin mind-rays would have to accept that this is a coincidence.

ECONOMIST: Europe.view

The supposedly brain-dead Estevez is meant to supply the host body for the mind of an aging oligarch.

NEWYORKER: Freejack

Mind-wandering, often seen as daydreaming, allows the brain to incubate new approaches to familiar problems, serving "as a foundation for creative inspiration, " says the 2012 study in Psychological Science.

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As much fun as brain-scanning sounds, for now, Chopra ultimately wants people to learn the general practices of mind-body wellness.

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And discussing central-state materialism (a version of the idea that the mind is identical to the brain), he gleefully quoted an unnamed wit as saying that Australia was not just the place where this theory was invented, but also the only place where it is true.

ECONOMIST: Bernard Williams

By contrast, a truly non-dualistic theory of mind has to state what is clearly obvious: your mind and your brain are identical.

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