Ourcellves? (Identity)

by David Turell , Monday, April 07, 2014, 02:37 (3882 days ago) @ romansh

Romansh: Lets take a look at this axiom:
> > If it is true that we are our cells 
> So we can manipulate subsequent axioms together with this one.
> It is not terribly surprising we can end up with a conclusions like my cells' decisions are mine?
> 
> Godel may have a comment on self referential proofs though.-You are right to infer that my intimate control of my cells may be a stretch. I am an agglomeration of the coordinated action of all my cells, but individual cells are not in my complete control. If that were the case I would spend all my time running my own living processes. A large part of our living is done automatically by the autonomic nervous system telling organs what to do. We don't think to breathe or create urine, or digest food. We choose what we eat and the digestion takes care of itself. -But we do choose to study and think with our brain and however the feed-back mechanism works, we are by that process constantly molding the brain. Simple example. Mothers reading to young children improves their eventual adult IQ. Final adult IQ can be manipulated by yourself as a child depending on how you used it in childhood. The brain's plasticity lasts a lifetime. I may be forgetful and my brain has shrunk (I've seen my MRI) with age, but what you observe me doing on this website is purposeful. My neurons are exercised every day to keep me mentally bright. My muscles are exercised also on a daily basis. And I'll bet my brain is different than it would have been if I had retired and sat on my duff.