Comment on We say things like "time is money" but really the most valuable thing you have (and which everyone covets) is your attention.

wakko@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• BussyCat@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Those neurotransmitters just release electrical impulses so if you want to break it down everything about humans reduces down to electricity traveling through out meat

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  • wakko@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yes, but the key detail is governance. There’s specific molecules that, without them, there is no attention to be sought. Paying attention or “having willpower” is causally linked to these specific compounds being present in the meat.

    Much of “free will” boils down to regulation of these neurotransmitters.

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    • BussyCat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      If your goal is to boil it down to the fundamental levels it’s the ion that’s that cause action potentials that are actually causing thought

      If you want to look at it holistically it’s due to the connections of the dendrites and how those interact with each other

      We have no control of our neurotransmitters and they are only released in response to stimuli from another cell

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• mitrosus@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No.

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• noretus@crazypeople.online ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  And what are neurotransmitters?

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