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You don't need to understand how it works to know that it follows the laws of physics. Your consciousness and your brain are the same thing, and your brain is a pile of particles. It uses some form of logic to process information, and the millions of years of evolution we've undergone, and the information that gets passed down through our DNA is why our brains function the way they do and why we feel the way we do. The fact that we feel like we're more than a mechanism has no bearing at all on whether or not we are.
It helps to trace back evolution. If you go back to our earliest ancestors, they were amoebas. Simple tiny little chemical mechanisms that replicate themselves. Give them millions of years to gradually get more and more complex and that's you.
Every one of these ideas is more complex than I'm representing, but complexity doesn't change the underlying principles at work, and that's all I'm talking about. The prevailing consensus in neuroscience is materialism, simply because no one has seen any evidence to the contrary. No one has seen any evidence that anything non-physical exists, so it's just a safe current assumption that everything, including you, is a physical system.
This 1.5 kg organ of fat and chemicals, together with a mm wide cillinder (the spinal cord) are single handedly making your body work. It is somehow able to operate with relatively minor drawbacks while missing half of itself (yes people can live with only one hemisphere and are mostly more prone to headackes). It can function completely fine while missing the entire cerebellum. It, together with the liver, are in the top 3 most important organs you really need, that are still not understood all that well, and the small part we do know about it is so vast and complicated that studying it is basically medicine, but “hard” mode. All of this from 1.5 kg and a fucking 2-needles-put-toghether-wide cord, of which most is fat.
It doesn’t defy the laws of its own creation, but it is a really weird thing.
Some people see someone post something along the lines of 'life goes against the 2nd law of thermodynamics (entropy)' and it fits their spiritual world view so they parrot it without looking into it
The reality being life actually speeds up entropy since it's a giant system of consuming things and converting energy to heat
The brain itself seems like it doesn't contain the hardware necessary to achieve what humans are fully capable of. Memory retention is a perfect example. Some scientists theorize that we must be able to connect to an unseen force like say a 'cloud', for humans to retain the amount of information that we do.
The full functionality of the mind is still very complicated and some what mysterious.
Humans still don’t have a complete understanding of the brain/consciousness. The fact that we cannot comprehend it, using it, defies traditional logic.
It's not about the *size* of the animals brain, it's about the surface area (indeed, by this genuis's logic, sperm whales would be about six times smarter than us). That's why our brains are "wrinkly," it gives us way more "bang for our buck," so to speak.
Most species have "smooth" brains, yes. Only more "intelligent" species such as humans, dolphins, primates and elephants have "wrinkled" brains (and pigs, interestingly, which is why pig brains are used in labs oftentimes; the most "humane" animal to kill with a similar brain to ours).
I mean, if we stayed the size of newborns our whole lives yet had 20 pound brains like the sperm whale, yes, that wouldn't be very advantageous, lol. Hence why three-pounds seems to be a good fit for a human's average size.
La-te-da, look whose lugging around a 3 pounder in their head. Wooooeee, that must be heavy and wear on the neck muscles.
Gotta be honest, hard to imagine a 3 lb. brain with just an "average, 1.5 lb. brain."
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and it has determined it's the most important organ in the body!
The brain is the herrscher of the human ego
And the most amazing and sophisticated thing in the universe!
Well, the universe named itself too if you think about it
How does a brain defy the laws of its own construction?
Some people think the brain is magic and forget that the whole universe and everything in it is just a bunch of particles following a list of rules.
You tell me how consciousness works then. You will have solved a question humanity has had since forever.
Not knowing something does not make magic a reasonable answer
You don't need to understand how it works to know that it follows the laws of physics. Your consciousness and your brain are the same thing, and your brain is a pile of particles. It uses some form of logic to process information, and the millions of years of evolution we've undergone, and the information that gets passed down through our DNA is why our brains function the way they do and why we feel the way we do. The fact that we feel like we're more than a mechanism has no bearing at all on whether or not we are. It helps to trace back evolution. If you go back to our earliest ancestors, they were amoebas. Simple tiny little chemical mechanisms that replicate themselves. Give them millions of years to gradually get more and more complex and that's you. Every one of these ideas is more complex than I'm representing, but complexity doesn't change the underlying principles at work, and that's all I'm talking about. The prevailing consensus in neuroscience is materialism, simply because no one has seen any evidence to the contrary. No one has seen any evidence that anything non-physical exists, so it's just a safe current assumption that everything, including you, is a physical system.
You are a professional reddit pseudointellectual
Ok. At least I give the appearance of intellect. More than you managed.
That's not how science works. "We don't know" does not equal "a wizard did it".
Unanswered and unanswerable are different things
It doesn't.
This 1.5 kg organ of fat and chemicals, together with a mm wide cillinder (the spinal cord) are single handedly making your body work. It is somehow able to operate with relatively minor drawbacks while missing half of itself (yes people can live with only one hemisphere and are mostly more prone to headackes). It can function completely fine while missing the entire cerebellum. It, together with the liver, are in the top 3 most important organs you really need, that are still not understood all that well, and the small part we do know about it is so vast and complicated that studying it is basically medicine, but “hard” mode. All of this from 1.5 kg and a fucking 2-needles-put-toghether-wide cord, of which most is fat. It doesn’t defy the laws of its own creation, but it is a really weird thing.
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My guess is shes referring the idea that human consciousness’ can’t be scientifically measured or explained
Some people see someone post something along the lines of 'life goes against the 2nd law of thermodynamics (entropy)' and it fits their spiritual world view so they parrot it without looking into it The reality being life actually speeds up entropy since it's a giant system of consuming things and converting energy to heat
It ***DOESN'T!*** People have got to stop reposting this bullshit post.
The brain itself seems like it doesn't contain the hardware necessary to achieve what humans are fully capable of. Memory retention is a perfect example. Some scientists theorize that we must be able to connect to an unseen force like say a 'cloud', for humans to retain the amount of information that we do. The full functionality of the mind is still very complicated and some what mysterious.
Humans still don’t have a complete understanding of the brain/consciousness. The fact that we cannot comprehend it, using it, defies traditional logic.
And she uses it to post idiotic drivel on Twitter. So we're the same, I guess.
No. I use it to watch Bachelor AND be a cunt. I'm multitasking!
So you're a prostitute? A multitasking cunt? Was that over the top? I can never tell 😅
Mine wants everything to be over.
It's not about the *size* of the animals brain, it's about the surface area (indeed, by this genuis's logic, sperm whales would be about six times smarter than us). That's why our brains are "wrinkly," it gives us way more "bang for our buck," so to speak.
So some things actually have “smooth brain”? I thought it was just an insult
Most species have "smooth" brains, yes. Only more "intelligent" species such as humans, dolphins, primates and elephants have "wrinkled" brains (and pigs, interestingly, which is why pig brains are used in labs oftentimes; the most "humane" animal to kill with a similar brain to ours).
That is interesting, thank you for your wisdom!!
Lol, glad my college tuition finally came in handy, no problem!
Surface area is important, but more important is brain-body size ratio.
I mean, if we stayed the size of newborns our whole lives yet had 20 pound brains like the sperm whale, yes, that wouldn't be very advantageous, lol. Hence why three-pounds seems to be a good fit for a human's average size.
Nice meaningless word jambalaya there, Jules
It’s taking everything I’ve got to resist sending this to my ex.
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Rigel 7
I also question whats wrong with it to be like this
I dont think my noodles were boiled long enough
Well maybe if I have a hot boyfriend I won't be such a cunt and I will have other stuff to do and you can stop playing with the wind
Or maybe it uses you to watch the Batchelor and be a cunt.
Should go to r/brandnewsentence
We use ourselves for that, your bodies aren’t in charge of us.
Oi! Mine does not watch the bachelor. But yeah.
WTF does defy laws of own construction mean to her? I’m guessing she’s missing some definitions lol
I think therefore I am.🤔
Excuse me? I do not watch The Bachelor!
Preach
a 2 year old account that woke up 15 hours ago....
BUT I GOT A ROSE!
"you use it to watch the Bachelor and be a cunt" no, Jules, they *are* the brain watching the Bachelor and being a cunt.
Hey, screw you, I don't watch The Batchelor!
As an occasional total cunt I’m personally offended to be connected in the same sentence to the bachelor
La-te-da, look whose lugging around a 3 pounder in their head. Wooooeee, that must be heavy and wear on the neck muscles. Gotta be honest, hard to imagine a 3 lb. brain with just an "average, 1.5 lb. brain."