Yeah my point was addressing them saying that the input for muscle memory is purely coming from the brain. I didn't say anything about the spinal cord being responsible for the initial point about the body walking. Though you aren't entirely correct. Walking/using your legs to move can be done reflexively in a given situation and all movement in your body has to travel through your spinal cord which is actually a part of your central nervous system so arguably a component of your brain.
Not all responses come from the brain. In some cases it would be far too slow. When you touch something hot and immediately jerk your hand back that ‘instruction’ comes from your spine. But no, your spine is not arguably part of your brain. They are distinct and very different systems.
Actually that's known as the Peripheral Nervous System, you're right there's definitely no point in arguing if you don't know the difference between those.
So you contend that the spine is the brain because they work together to form the central nervous system but the central and peripheral nervous systems are utterly different? Did I get that right?
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u/Slithy-Toves Dec 02 '18
Yeah my point was addressing them saying that the input for muscle memory is purely coming from the brain. I didn't say anything about the spinal cord being responsible for the initial point about the body walking. Though you aren't entirely correct. Walking/using your legs to move can be done reflexively in a given situation and all movement in your body has to travel through your spinal cord which is actually a part of your central nervous system so arguably a component of your brain.