What is "Mind?"

It would be very hard to come up with a weaker rebuttal to evolutionary theory than the spiritual doctrine of a few outlying Shaker groups or the gnostic mysticism of beleaguered Essene cults 2000 years ago.

Not the point. The point was to show mind tends to rise above, move beyond its evolutionary roots. I make no rebuttal to evolutionary theory except in the case of human thought which can judge its context and make the decision whether or not to continue despite the considerations of survival, that humanity isn't simply the tool of evolution protecting its egg sack of DNA, but Hamlet said it better than I can: To be or...

But nevertheless I was right in that central theme of your prior post was in fact a sort of rebuttal of evolution in the citing of those groups you referenced as qualifying for the exception you have outlined above, namely, a sort of deliberate invalidation of the natural world in favor of "rising above" it -- in their case in the service of religious or mystical purposes. In another case perhaps as the result of a personality disorder , or in yet another in the service of a beleaguered romanticism.

Don't know how apt your Hamlet soliloquy line is. After all, Hamlet contemplates suicide while uttering it; his second option offing the uncle who has killed his father.

I'm celebrating the human mind, one of the great glories of evolution. In morality there is the realization of higher, more virtuous choices than mere survival and these are the product of mind. I don't support invalidation of the natural world. Just the opposite. What else I don't support is the notion that human thought/mind isn't considered something remarkably special, mysterious, and unknown to science beyond the brain that produces it

The point was to show mind tends to rise above, move beyond its evolutionary roots.

Yeah, just like the Sistine Ceiling. Michelangelo move over.

But I get it; romantics have to believe love, art and morality are purely human artifacts without any discernible roots in 'lesser' species.

Not sure if you can equate the hoarding of objects to art. If so, then the many self storage places in America means that we're the most artistic nation on earth?

Which bears little resemblance to the careful arrangement and placement of objects:

Terrence McKenna used to say, ‘Modern physics is based on the principle, ‘Give us one free miracle and we’ll explain the rest.’

And you're saying you can't tell the difference between what the human hoarder and the bird did?

Personally, I find both the birds' mating displays and human art equally profound with respect to their comparative capabilities.

i have reason to believe that induced brain tumors have been used as a weapon against advanced thinkers who challenge the establishment view