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The Pinker thesis:

The mind is what the brain does. (10.5)

The Crick thesis:

The brain is what cells and biochemicals do. (10.6)

The Marcus thesis:

The cell is what genes do. (10.7)

The purpose of this section is to outline a theory of mind that com-

bines the five conceptual elements embedded in the above three proposi-

tions and a topological relation called “Möbius pentad” related to the

Möbius relations described in [25, p. 195].

1. The five elements are mind, brain, cells, genes, and biochemicals (i.e.,
   organic molecules with small molecular weights such as glucose,
   pyruvate, NADH, and ATP, and inorganic ions; biochemicals are the
   source of the free energy and information that are essential for main-
   taining life).


2. A Möbius pentad is defined as the relation among the five elements,
   A, B, C, D, and E that obeys the following rule:

Locally A, B, C, D, or E; globally A, B, C, D, and E.

3. The theory proposed herein results from substituting A with mind, B
   with brain, C with cells, D with genes, and E with biochemicals. The
   resulting theory then reads:

The mind is a Möbius pentad consisting of the mind, the brain, cells,

genes, and biochemicals. (10.8)

Alternatively,

The mind, the brain, cells, genes, and biochemicals constitute a Möbius

pentad. (10.9)

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