Hard Problem of the Mind-Body Problem

The original and most famous hard problem, of which consciousness is the core. How can the subjective, qualitative, private world of mental phenomena (thoughts, feelings, sensations) interact with or be identical to the objective, quantitative, public world of physical processes (brain states)? Every solution seems flawed: dualism invokes magical interaction, materialism struggles to locate the felt experience, and panpsychism seems bizarre. The problem is the seeming unbridgeable ontological gap between two categories of existence.

Example: "The neuroscientist pinpointed the exact neural correlate of my decision to raise my hand. The hard problem of the mind-body problem is this: what, in that flicker of voltage and chemistry, is the felt intention, the 'I' that decided? The brain event is there, but the experience of willing seems to hover, ghost-like, above it."

Hard Problem of the Mind-Body Problem by Abzugal January 30, 2026

My mind's telling me no, but my body is telling me yes 

Rape.

My mind's telling me no, but my body is telling me yes

My mind's telling me no, but my body is telling me yes by Interactive November 6, 2009

Body, mind and hole

A less spiritual version of "body mind and soul". Usually used when a sexual relationship between two people has ended, one person may feel more pain because they gave so much.

After noticing that she was deleted from his facebook, writer cried out, "WHAT?! I gave that douche my body, mind and hole!!"

Body, mind and hole by Schmartini23 September 11, 2010