307
Your brain is sitting in a sealed, completely dark room with wires coming out of the walls.
(self.showerthoughts)
It's also floating in liquid.
this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2023
307 points (91.8% liked)
Showerthoughts
31040 readers
1222 users here now
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- No politics
- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
- If you feel strongly that you want politics back, please volunteer as a mod.
- Posts must be original/unique
- Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report the message goes away and you never worry about it.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
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. 😔
If you're unfamiliar with Plato's Allegory Of The Cave, you should familiarize yourself.
This shower thought is older than showers!
Plato’s allegory of the cave is not about what this shower thought it about.
load more comments
(12 replies)
load more comments
(2 replies)
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Showing your age now!
I've come to accept I'm old.
load more comments
(6 replies)
And tubes. One of the tubes delivers glucose and caffeine.
Some light does penetrate the skull. So not completely dark. Also the blood brain barrier is semi permeable, so not completely sealed.
Some light penetrates the skull. Geez, I hadn't thought of this.
The eye sockets do not block the light with bone.
Haha, I understood how as soon as I read the comment, I just hadn't considered it up until that point.
Can someone without eyes get brain sunburn?
Based on some people behavior, I would say yes, even with eyes.
When you get headaches is cuz the AI is flashing light into your brain to examine how your brain is doing in the simulation
I do wonder if the electrical impulses give off any light
no they don't
To explain why, the electrical signals is not like how we know electricity like when you see lightning. It’s salt/ion based movements in and out of cells. A lot more boring
load more comments
(3 replies)
Even if how would the brain detect them?
That's a separate issue. A blind person could still sit in a well lit room.
Prove it
Everyone thinks they're talking about the human skull and nervous system but if someone is sitting in ther bedroom on a PC it's really not all that different from being a brain in a jar, it's just a different interface and the brain can leave.
It doesn't seem to mind
I think I have mice in the walls chewing on the wires.
Illuminating
What is in your blood impacts you.
view more: next ›