Mind Design
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Mind Design Mind Design is the attempt of understand the mind, in terms of its design, how it is built and how it works. It often seen to be a form cognitive psychology, but it is oriented much more towards the question of 'how' rather than the 'what'. Experiments in Mind Design are often more of an effort to build something and make it work, than to observe and understand pre-existing biological models. Thus, it is the field of artificial intelligence that lies at the centre of Mind Design, with the objective to match and understand natural intelligence, especially the exceptional intelligence of humans. What separates Mind Design from other similar areas of study is not the objective rather the means to it. Mind design is psychology by reverse engineering. One fundamental perspective is that intellect is not dependent on anything immaterial or supernatural, such as a soul. Intelligence derives from matter...


