Comment on Turtle Shells

lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• PrimeErective@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What part of you makes you? Is it just your brain?

  Anyway, I think what they’re getting at is that the shell is actually their spine, not like some extra thing that grows on top of their spine.

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  • GlenRambo@jlai.lu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Most ppl think they have a skeleton inside them. But If you think of you as your brain (as many would day). Then your actually inside your skeleton.

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    • PrimeErective@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Behold, a human

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      • theangryseal@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Well, ehhhh, that’s true for some I suppose.

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  • lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I get what they try to say. But it’s just funny that they correct a statement with another wrong statement.

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    • PrimeErective@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What part of the second statement is wrong? A turtle cannot survive without its shell, just like you could not survive without your skull. It is an intrinsic part of what allows it to function as a living organism, therefore the line between “turtle” and “shell” is a bit blurred

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      • lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You cannot survive without air but you’re not air

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    • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There are animals that inhabit shells, like a Hermit crab. This is different.

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• flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think the right analogy would be to say “you are not inside your skull, you are your skull”. And I would count this as a more or less correct statement.

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  • lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Am I my skull? So I get to live as long as my skull is not decayed?

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    • flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well, that’s the paradox isn’t it? We are our minds but somehow we also are our bodies.

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• Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Can you put any external part of yourself inside your skull? That’s the difference.

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  • No_Change_Just_Money@feddit.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    *shows toungue and puts it back in

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    • Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ooo, good point. Or is it moving an internal part outside the skull? What’s the default location of a tongue?? I’m lost in the science!

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      • lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        According to scientists, the default is outside
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  • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, any time you put something in your mouth. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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  • TheLowestStone@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ve been trying but I’m still not flexible enough to reach.

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  • lauha@lemmy.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I can, though probably only once

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