AnuttaraOct 24

why do so many people think the brain is somehow totally isolated from the body?

https://leminal.space/post/27758675

why do so many people think the brain is somehow totally isolated from the body? - Leminal Space

like the brain is literally encased in the body so how can it be separate? like if you go around licking lamp posts you’re going to pick up some germ that’s gonna make you feel like crap and you get insomnia or fever and your brain will definitely be impacted. and so you’ll have short temper and that’ll get you into trouble.

Show threadhiggsbosonOct 25

I out it like this: if you replaced any other part, or even all your other parts with machines, you’d still be (what you think of as) you… because your brain would still be in there.

There is,, however, is no replacing the brain. If your brain goes, you go with it. You are your brain.

Show threadAnuttaraOct 25
but that’s not true tho, if you replaced my hand I’d be like “well I AM one handed now”, there won’t be a two handed me anymore so i’ll be a new me. and like if this was true, then transgender folk would have a hell of a easier time i think.
Show threadlazynoobletOct 25

Yes it is true, very much so. You took one part of the argument and reflected it.

So how about the other part of that comment.

Do you believe you would still be you without your brain?

Show threadAnuttaraOct 25
that’s kinda a pointless question because we can’t verify?? you have a brain when ur born but obvs it’s a different kind of brain when ur old. the brain changes too so what is the “me” here? like my brain is different already from when i started writing this.
Show threadlazynooblet
It can easily be verified. Find someone without a head and ask them. Are they the same person just without a head?
Oct 25 at 9:23amWeb
Show threadAnuttaraOct 25
no but go and find that head and ask the same question lmao
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Show threadEl BartoOct 25
So what you’re saying is… the brain is its own thing, then.
Show threadAnuttaraOct 25
lol no? what do you think happens when you speak to a head without a body? or a body without a head?
Show threadEl BartoOct 26
Neither acknowledges my interesting stories and that makes me sad. You’re right. They’re nothing without each other.