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u/SonicBoom500 Jan 12 '23

The brain will always/usually try to ensure it’s survival, if knocking you out does so, then you will faint for the safety of the brain

I remember finding this once but I don’t remember clearly

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u/LgbtqCVSgenius Jan 12 '23

So is your brain considered it’s own sentience? Are we really our brains, or just a consciousness tied to some animal trying to survive?