So, your “self” isn’t just your brain, you have an entire nervous system throughout your body AND a secondary system linked to your gut and secondary tissues… Being just a brain isn’t even close to all of “you”
You know phantom limb syndrome? Imagine phantom everything syndrome
yeah that sounds great, liberate me from the endocrine. Haven’t you ever wondered how it would feel to be seperate from all the hormones and animal miscellenia? I think about it a lot.
Could be possibly better than locked-in syndrome, depending on how much your brain can interact with its surroundings. But yeah this could be the stuff nightmare is made of.
It sounds like the worst imaginable torture
I hear you, but consider this: robot body
So, your “self” isn’t just your brain, you have an entire nervous system throughout your body AND a secondary system linked to your gut and secondary tissues… Being just a brain isn’t even close to all of “you”
You know phantom limb syndrome? Imagine phantom everything syndrome
Counter-argument: imagine a robot body with 8 arms.
By the time you get used to them, you’ll have forgotten about all the rest. Neuroplasticity is an interesting thing.
yeah that sounds great, liberate me from the endocrine. Haven’t you ever wondered how it would feel to be seperate from all the hormones and animal miscellenia? I think about it a lot.
What, an eternity in a digital prison doesn’t sound appealing to you?
Could be possibly better than locked-in syndrome, depending on how much your brain can interact with its surroundings. But yeah this could be the stuff nightmare is made of.
Imagine your brain triggering a phantom itch but you having no limbs to scratch with.