Comment on You have been in a prison of bone for your entire life
fubo@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Your body is not a life-support system for your mind. Rather, your mind is a guidance system for your body. Bodies were first; and developed minds to be better at doing body stuff.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
This. Evolutionarily speaking, a pile of cells wanted to live as long as possible. They collectively chose to support the creation and ongoing maintenance of the “brain” organ. They all delegated their survival decisions for the whole collection of cells to just those in the brain. Your consciousness, possible by your brain, is the president. The whole of your body is your constituents. The body is depending on you to make good decisions so the body lives as long and as healthy as possible.