Brains
Mind is a synonym for brains in mental condition topic. In some cases you can use "Mind" instead a noun "Brains", when it comes to topics like body, reason, intelligence.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- In Alastair Reynolds' The Prefect, one glitter belt polity consists of disembodied minds interacting entirely virtually, but recognizing that The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body, they maintain their human experience by becoming not brains in jars but instead brains-and-endocrine-systems in jars.
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In Earthworm Jim 3D, Jim just spent the entire game exploring his four worm brains repairing his sanity, defeating the villains affecting his mind, collecting marbles to rebuild his IQ, and defeat his suppressed feminine side trying to take over his mind and body.
Source: Spoof Aesop - In Timothy Zahn's Quadrail Series the main Big Bad is a parasite that infects people's brains and brings them unknowingly into a group-mind.
Source: Mind Rape / Literature
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