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• klyrs 3y ago
  Not without lungs, you don't... But actually there's a real interesting thing here. People used to believe that the heart did the thinking. Phinneas Gage upended that theory, and now people think that the brain is the thinker. More recently, we're learning that the gut has a massive neural network, and the brain-gut connection is being investigated today. Likewise, "muscle memory" isn't in the muscles nor the brain, it's distributed among neural clusters all throughout your body. How much of "you" (your knowledge, your personality, your physical skills) is actually contained within the head is entirely non-obvious.
  • aydyn 3y ago
    This is sophomoric. First of all, muscle memory is not contained in your muscles or "distributed" throughout your body but is known to reside in your cerebellum and basal ganglia. The nerves going down to your muscles are simply a conduit for actuation, a wire, nothing more. As far as your gut, if you claim that a thermostat is intelligent then sure your gut is also intelligent (don't forget the microbiome in there too).
    • jampekka 3y ago
      Peripheral nervous system has significant plasticity and its reflex archs can produce complex and purposeful behavior without the brain. E.g. cats can walk with their brain removed and famously decapitated chicken do all sorts of stuff. Octopi don't even have a centralized brain.
      • aydyn 3y ago
        I'm not disputing that. What does that have to do with whether a human brain is inherently intelligent?
        • jampekka 3y ago
          I was replying to this: > First of all, muscle memory is not contained in your muscles or "distributed" throughout your body but is known to reside in your cerebellum and basal ganglia. The nerves going down to your muscles are simply a conduit for actuation, a wire, nothing more.
    • klyrs 3y ago
      > This is sophomoric. Says the user who just made fart noises. Your confidence here is dunning.
      • aydyn 3y ago
        I literally just followed suit. Don't like the response, don't lead. You're being hypocritical.