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refloats t1_je6eh0h wrote

Well if there was something smarter, that would've claimed the position right.

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Bierbart12 t1_je6jn0g wrote

Or it would've deliberately deceived the brain so as to not awaken suspicion.

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HungerMadra t1_je8ks71 wrote

But does that make it the most important part of your body? I've certainly met a few folks that seem to have gone their entire lives without using it once.

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Joks_away t1_je6roy2 wrote

My gut tells me there's something not quite right about this.

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RoosterPorn t1_je6evqz wrote

It consumes a large amount of the body’s energy and is the only reason most of the other components even work.

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refloats t1_je6ljtf wrote

Funfact: the more research we do, the more we learn about how the brain and heart are constantly working together (also called heart intelligence) by constantly sending incentives to each other. The heart has even a bigger EM field than the brain does.

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stopeverythingpls t1_je723zo wrote

But the heart self regulates and if put in a solution of salt and potassium it will pump without input from a brain!

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RoosterPorn t1_je728pv wrote

Muscles will do that. I don’t see this as a good argument for hearts being important

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refloats t1_je7c4du wrote

Actually it’s not muscles. It’s a network of ganglia, neurotransmitters, protein and support cells, just like in our brain - aka the heart brain / intrinsic cardiac nervous system.

For example: we realize we are in danger. This is intuitive and sensed with the heart. As a reaction, the heart sends this to your brain, who can send signals to the body to make it ready for action / be alert.

The heart is a big part of your intuition, based on experience, while your brain is the more rational one.

If you’re ever interested in what they’ve researched so far, you should read this.

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RoosterPorn t1_je7mb1g wrote

But wait, in the event of one sensing danger isn’t that triggered by stimuli picked up via the brain? It seems like the heart is the second step in this process.

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iShitSkittles t1_je6g2ww wrote

The brain is the only organ in the human body that named itself.

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ssbm514 t1_je7buc3 wrote

Why did this make me actually lol

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iShitSkittles t1_je7es6o wrote

Dunno, but it's true.....

Whoever named it the brain used their brain to come up with the name for it....

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Devinbeatyou t1_je71f8x wrote

No, says other people’s brains. My most important body part is something else

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melnixx t1_je6f7gq wrote

Hahahahah this made me laugh and genuinely think for a moment

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KingdomOfBullshit t1_je743qy wrote

That's odd. My gut feeling is that my gut is the most important part of my body.

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Capnhuh t1_je74i9z wrote

to be fair, the brain isn't a seperate entity to the body. it IS the body.

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RenzoARG t1_je755t3 wrote

I'm fascinated by how the brain misguides itself thinking of himself as a third party, driving our bodies to do things so that we may supply for his needs.
Layers and layers of mischief and deception, lies about ourselves that we believe while we are aware of the same lies but chose to ignore them.

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Seeker_Of_Knowledge- t1_je758u4 wrote

My brain is not necessary for the continuation of human civilization. But another part of my body is essential for human civilization's continuity.

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