Where does the soul reside?
June 10th, 2016 at 2:22:25 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 |
The importance of the interconnectivity of a network got me thinking about how a recent study on LSD showed that the drug caused the brain to communicate across regions that it normally doesn't allow. Maybe that's where the "mind expansion" description has come from. http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/04/13/exp-lsd-researcher.cnn (it's weird how well that video link fits perfectly with what I wanted to describe.) You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
June 10th, 2016 at 2:25:03 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Peyote does the same thing. That's why they use it in religious ceremonies, to learn about themselves. It's like cheap psychotherapy. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
June 10th, 2016 at 2:52:17 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 |
Can plants feel pain? http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/botany/plants-feel-pain.htm The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
June 10th, 2016 at 2:56:23 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
It seems to me you have a nervous system. Things like pain and reflex are taken care of in the "reptilian" or primitive parts of the brain and brain-stem. Not in the cortex, the structure most responsible for the mind. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
June 10th, 2016 at 3:44:42 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | I am trying to convince myself that pain, is nothing but a signal from my body to my brain. And therefore not a controlling force. But it is a pretty tough sell. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
June 10th, 2016 at 3:56:11 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 |
I remember reading about a cancer patient referring to pain as "my old friend." The idea stuck with me, as it conferred pain as like an "entity" not part of, but a separate thing. It doesn't disappear, you just experience differently like a "thing" apart. I've only tried to utilize that idea while walking out into freezing weather. "Cold my own friend" Maybe it's my imagination, or it's just some sort of Jedi mind trick, but it seemed to work. The cold was still there but felt like a separate entity which is just a different experience. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
June 10th, 2016 at 4:06:27 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | I won't say pain is my friend, but it is certainly my companion. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
June 10th, 2016 at 4:15:25 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
The signal is not pain, but information sent to the brain. What the brain does with the information is what you feel as pain. Anesthetics work by blocking or attenuating the signal. No signal, no information, no translation to pain. There's a condition (CIPA?) which keeps people from feeling pain. While this sounds good, it causes a lot of problems. For instance, people with this condition don't feel cold and warmth, either. They don't develop an adverse reaction to touching hot things. So say such a person drops a spoon into a pot with boiling soup, they may simply reach for it and take it out, and they won't feel any pain. But they'll have third degree burns on their skin just the same. Bottom line is they have to be on constant alert for things most of us take for granted, like ambient temperature, checking to see they haven't scratched any skin off while sleeping, or hurt their eyes by rubbing them too hard, etc. Arthur C. Clarke, in his book "Profiles of the Future," describes pain as "the body's alarm system." That's rather close to exact. He then goes on to say disabling the alarm system temporarily would be very useful. A related odd fact, the brain itself has no sensing neurons of its own. if you poke it, it feels no pain. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
June 10th, 2016 at 6:33:03 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Touche! I can't touch that response. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
June 10th, 2016 at 6:34:43 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
One of my favorite lines in all music is "Hello darkness my old friend. I've come to talk with you again." -- Sounds of Silence Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |