What are we, exactly? Not biologically — we have good answers there. I mean scientifically: what kind of thing is a mind, a feeling, a self? I think the answer has been hiding in plain sight for a century. This is where I make the case. thefunctionalmind.substack.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchWhat are we, exactly? Not biologically, we have good answers there. I mean scientifically: what kind of thing is a mind, a feeling, a self? I think the answer has been hiding in plain sight for a century. This is where I make the case.
The Functional Mind is hosted by Steve Wagar. The show has published 21 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Lesson 5: The Recursive Pair" (30 June 2026, 8 minutes), "Lesson 4: The Case for Inclusive Dualism" (17 June 2026, 9 minutes), and "Lesson 3: Being Objective About Functional Things" (2 June 2026, 8 minutes).
The Functional Mind publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 8 minutes across 21 episodes.
Booking probability for The Functional Mind is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Functional Mind requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Functional Mind's contact route on record: public web form.
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Steve Wagar hosts The Functional Mind, a science podcast with 21 episodes published.
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<p>A pattern carved into stone is not, by itself, information.</p><p>It becomes information the moment something can read it and do something different because of it. Without a processor, it's geology. The pattern and...
The Functional Mind
<p>The debate between dualists and materialists has lasted four centuries. Both sides were half right.</p><p>The dualists were right that the mind is genuinely different from the matter it inhabits. The materialists...
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<p>Nobody has ever seen an electron. We grant it existence because our best models require it — and those models survive every test we put them to.</p><p>The immune system earns existence by exactly the same standard...
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<p>Lesson 2: The Persistence Test</p><p>Prologue</p><p>Consider two things left in a field for a year.</p><p>The first is a bicycle. Steel frame, rubber tires, a chain that was recently oiled. The second is a bacterium...
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<p>The mind-body problem has been framed wrong for centuries.</p><p>The real question isn't whether mind and body are two distinct things. They aren't — not fundamentally. The real question is what separates living...
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<p>The question that has followed me for fifty years: what are we, exactly — not biologically, but scientifically? This is where the journey begins.</p><p>The Functional Mind is a complete argument in 28 lessons...
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