Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoYour brain is sitting in a sealed, completely dark room with wires coming out of the walls.message-squaremessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1333arrow-down130
arrow-up1303arrow-down1message-squareYour brain is sitting in a sealed, completely dark room with wires coming out of the walls.Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squareyanyuan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down3·1 year agoYour eyes are a part of your brain. So the only part of your brain that does receive light, is located outside of this dark room. Inside the dark room, there is nothing that senses light or darkness.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year ago Your eyes are a part of your brain nope
minus-squareBluetreefrog@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year ago Your eyes are a part of your brain. Doesn’t seem to match with my understanding. Got any references for that?
minus-squareyanyuan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI think I worded it badly and mixed up things with the visual system and the central nervous system. So I guess you could say that I was technically wrong and OP was technically right… Damn! Still our brains don’t register any darkness, except through the optic nerve… and screw you guys! I’m going home! ;)
Your eyes are a part of your brain.
So the only part of your brain that does receive light, is located outside of this dark room. Inside the dark room, there is nothing that senses light or darkness.
nope
Doesn’t seem to match with my understanding. Got any references for that?
I think I worded it badly and mixed up things with the visual system and the central nervous system.
So I guess you could say that I was technically wrong and OP was technically right…
Damn! Still our brains don’t register any darkness, except through the optic nerve… and screw you guys! I’m going home! ;)