Mechanism and vitalism are two different concepts that are used to design and explain our inner workings. Mechanism was the chosen path of medicine back in the 1800s. It is the belief that if you can take an organism down to its smallest parts and understand how they function you should be able to fix it. Vitalism is more about an innate intelligence that is a force outside of our consciousness that makes all things function. Listen along as we discuss each concept and hint at even bigger concepts of life.