This question is actually more involved that it appears to be at first glance. The brain, the gray matter in our skull, is, scientifically, the apparent origin of our thinking, but the idea of "mind" is actually more ephemeral. The mind is not synonymous with brain, but rather is a kind of abstract idea, consisting in all of our conscious mental activities - there is no physical thing called the mind.
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