Aren’t we all?
Me irl
Submitted 2 weeks ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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antsu@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Thinking about it? Sometimes.
otacon239@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The quotes makes it feel like it’s being sarcastic about the suggestion.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Because those aren’t the literal brain, vat, etc.; those are the representations of those things in the brain’s conscience, hence the quotes.
It’s the same concept as The Treachery of Images, “This is not a pipe”
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus 2 weeks ago
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
What is the human body but an over-engineered vat for our brains?
stupidopensourceBS@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’d like to consider myself a rat on a treadmill playing Doom.
OpenStars@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
But… this is not a brain in a jar (nor a pipe).
gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
JoShmoe@ani.social 2 weeks ago
At what point does the food in your body become you?
IncognitoMosquito@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
The cheeseburger of Theseus
dalekcaan@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Plato’s brain in a jar
Winter_Oven@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
do human brains have a recursion depth limit?
bigbangdangler@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Linguistically: yes, and it’s typically attributed to a working memory constraint.