@Bluetreefrog to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year agoYour brain is sitting in a sealed, completely dark room with wires coming out of the walls.message-square60arrow-up1337arrow-down130
arrow-up1307arrow-down1message-squareYour brain is sitting in a sealed, completely dark room with wires coming out of the walls.@Bluetreefrog to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square60
minus-square@CandelestinelinkEnglish29•1 year agoYea, I was gonna say, it’s really wet in there too. But at least it’s got a snug blankie membrane of sorts that does all its local feeling for it, since it couldn’t actually detect any of these things for itself with no nerve endings of its own.
minus-squareTh4tGuyIIlinkfedilink23•1 year agoFor a second there I thought you meant feeling as in emotional and was really confused haha I just imaged the membrane hugging my brain like “don’t worry, I got you, focus on keeping this idiot alive”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoI am amused at the idea that ones brain would be making derogatory comments about itself in the third person.
minus-square@moistclumplinkEnglish3•1 year agoIt feels everything for us but can’t have feelings of its own. Tragedy. 😔
It’s also floating in liquid.
Yea, I was gonna say, it’s really wet in there too. But at least it’s got a snug blankie membrane of sorts that does all its local feeling for it, since it couldn’t actually detect any of these things for itself with no nerve endings of its own.
For a second there I thought you meant feeling as in emotional and was really confused haha
I just imaged the membrane hugging my brain like “don’t worry, I got you, focus on keeping this idiot alive”
I am amused at the idea that ones brain would be making derogatory comments about itself in the third person.
It feels everything for us but can’t have feelings of its own. Tragedy. 😔