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> Our brains form largely on the basis of neurons talking and connecting to strangers. This is nonsense. Our neurons don’t talk to strangers. They talk with ot

> Our brains form largely on the basis of neurons talking and connecting to strangers. This is nonsense. Our neurons don’t talk to strangers. They talk with other neurons from the same individual. There is more in common between any two connected neurons than between two family members. And besides there is no reason to think that what happens between cells is a good model to base human behaviour on whatsoever.

johnnyanmac 3y ago
you're taking a metaphor overly serious. Socialization is important (we have decades of documentation on how you can permanently damage a brain in mere weeks of solitary confinement), and we can't nor shouldn't have to base that socialization with the same relatives for your entire life. If only because we biologically have urges to reproduce and are aware enough of biology to know that family reproduction is a horrible idea.
- krisoft 3y ago
  > you're taking a metaphor overly serious. I just point it out that it is a bad one. > Socialization is important. Yes. > we have decades of documentation on how you can permanently damage a brain in mere weeks of solitary confinement Yes. > and we can't nor shouldn't have to base that socialization with the same relatives for your entire life Yes. see how easy it was to write it without asserting falsehoods about neurons, and without drawing unsupported conclusions from said falsehood? A metaphor can be faulty even if the conclusion it purports to end up with is true. And if we can do away without the obscuring metaphor (as you did in this very comment I'm responding to) then we should.
3cats-in-a-coat 3y ago
What an odd response. I'm not even sure how to react. Your claim is we must only communicate with our families.
- krisoft 3y ago
  > What an odd response. Thank you. > Your claim is we must only communicate with our families. No. Please read my comment again. I claim no such thing.

johnnyanmac 3y ago

you're taking a metaphor overly serious. Socialization is important (we have decades of documentation on how you can permanently damage a brain in mere weeks of solitary confinement), and we can't nor shouldn't have to base that socialization with the same relatives for your entire life. If only because we biologically have urges to reproduce and are aware enough of biology to know that family reproduction is a horrible idea.

krisoft 3y ago
> you're taking a metaphor overly serious. I just point it out that it is a bad one. > Socialization is important. Yes. > we have decades of documentation on how you can permanently damage a brain in mere weeks of solitary confinement Yes. > and we can't nor shouldn't have to base that socialization with the same relatives for your entire life Yes. see how easy it was to write it without asserting falsehoods about neurons, and without drawing unsupported conclusions from said falsehood? A metaphor can be faulty even if the conclusion it purports to end up with is true. And if we can do away without the obscuring metaphor (as you did in this very comment I'm responding to) then we should.

3cats-in-a-coat 3y ago

What an odd response. I'm not even sure how to react. Your claim is we must only communicate with our families.

krisoft 3y ago
> What an odd response. Thank you. > Your claim is we must only communicate with our families. No. Please read my comment again. I claim no such thing.