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Epicurean (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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More seriously though, nowadays when people call themselves Epicurean, they mean just the life philosophy stuff, not the physics stuff :D

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So, then you're agreeing -- the sensory organ is developed first before the sensor is active

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Hmmm, yeah, I suppose broadly (unless souls exists). If a creature evolves like... a dozen photosensitive patches, like a proto-spider, would we say that creature has sight but no eyes? If that's the case, do compound "eyes" actually count?

I guess now I'm just musing on where the fuzzy line is between a bunch of eyelets and eyes (made up of single-celled photreceptors). I think sight is just what eyes do. Something like "insight" comes from a metaphor ("looking" within) and I... don't know if there's a different word for like... what the experience of being a plant and sensing the sun on your leaves would be called?