Full Idea
A favourite example of identity theorists is the identification of flashes of lightning with electrical discharges.
Gist of Idea
Identity theory likes the identity of lightning and electrical discharges
Source
Michael Lockwood (Mind, Brain and the Quantum [1989], p.71)
Book Reference
Lockwood,Michael: 'Mind,Brain and the Quantum:The Compound 'I'' [Blackwell 1991], p.71
A Reaction
Personally I prefer the analogy of the mind being like a waterfall - a non-mysterious physical process which has dramatic properties of its own. If minds must keep busy in order to be minds, they must be processes.