(January 10, 2023 at 8:40 pm)Objectivist Wrote:(January 10, 2023 at 4:57 pm)WinterHold Wrote: It includes your brain; so it is you.
We can't runaway from it. The Nervous System needs a body to work; just like a firm needs a Manager.
Without the manager; the company would fall.
Without a Nervous System; the body would fall.
That's why a "head shot" kills you immediately.
That's why a severe trauma to the Spinal Chord immobilises you immediately.
The rest of the body is a mere resource feeding the Nervous System.
No, I am my mind, my brain, my nerves, my actions, my thoughts, my heart, my lungs, my endocrine system, my bones, etc. We can't reduce humans to a nervous system and no matter how complex and amazing it is it's not a warrant for believing in a god or the supernatural. And if you say a body is required to be conscious then that leaves you god out. It is said to be spirit, whatever that is, without a physical body. You see the body as a resource to feed the nervous system but I see the nervous system as a means for the body to feed itself and do everything else. It's not the totality of me.
Your mind is the central piece of the CNS so as your nerves, the rest of the body is just a resource: actually an evidence is that you can live without arms, legs, and even a heart (an artificial heart must be present though) but you cant live without a brain.
It's a matter of dependancy: the highest value is for the brain, not the heart or organs.
