(January 12, 2023 at 12:32 am)WinterHold Wrote:Actually, I think the higher value is life. All of my parts work together toward that goal.(January 10, 2023 at 8:40 pm)Objectivist Wrote: 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.
"Do not lose your knowledge that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent mind, and a step that travels unlimited roads."
"The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see."
"The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see."
