Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoIs consciousness dependent on input to the brain?message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareIs consciousness dependent on input to the brain?Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresouthsamurai@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoWell, you asked a question that doesn’t have a definitive answer. However, nerve endings aren’t the end-all be-all of the sensorium. The brain has activity, even when cut off from stimulation via the senses. We aren’t reliant on our bodies for "self*, in other words.
Well, you asked a question that doesn’t have a definitive answer.
However, nerve endings aren’t the end-all be-all of the sensorium. The brain has activity, even when cut off from stimulation via the senses.
We aren’t reliant on our bodies for "self*, in other words.