Submitted by sarah1604 t3_11mad4e in GetMotivated
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[deleted] t1_jbgw49m wrote
Actually that's exactly what happens. A caterpillar is literally transformed into a butterfly inside a chrysalis. It's not a conscious daily effort to progress into a butterfly. It's a biological transformation that essentially destroys the caterpillar and creates a butterfly. When the butterfly emerges, it is basically suddenly waking up as a butterfly.
HedgehogMost5145 t1_jbgyed4 wrote
Non related to this post at all but how do u tag the post with discussion or something because i cant post without it
Psychological_Bed_17 t1_jbh63s4 wrote
True but the caterpillar had to survive for its entire life then labor to build the caccoon without being eaten
[deleted] t1_jbhbbrb wrote
Sure, but he still died. He basically builds his own casket and then dies in it. Any attempt to analogize this to humans automatically brings with it a requisite belief in an afterlife as that is what a butterfly would have to be analogous to.
exceptionallyhonest t1_jbhhref wrote
But don’t they recognize things from their caterpillar life? Proving that it’s a conscious transformation?
NeroBoBero t1_jbhmfls wrote
Sometimes people wake up to find they have become large insects. - Kafka
call_me_alaska t1_jbhn4zs wrote
I said this out loud once and no one applauded
Superb-Mall3805 t1_jbhnzcf wrote
So is the entire book it comes from
_newbeginnings_ t1_jbhrrwx wrote
The beauty of self publishing
ScoopJaxson t1_jbhyjvi wrote
Milk and honey?
BrotherRoga t1_jbi4xb7 wrote
So what this "motivational" thing is telling us is that to become something beautiful we have to let ourselves be destroyed and remolded into that beautiful thing.
[deleted] t1_jbi6tmj wrote
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tomchaps t1_jbk90fh wrote
Nope, the brain of the caterpillar is almost entirely consumedduring the process of metamorphosis.
President_Calhoun t1_jbktaxg wrote
There have been studies that suggest that butterflies retain at least some of their caterpillar memories. I don't think that indicates that it's a conscious transformation, though.
[deleted] t1_jbkwwy8 wrote
I literally woke up today and I was a butterfly send help.
exceptionallyhonest t1_jbmhi9n wrote
Hmm, that’s fascinating.
BJordanSounds t1_jbps02m wrote
I love this
noob-smoke t1_jbguhou wrote
This is low effort