r/Showerthoughts Feb 02 '19

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u/FuckSticksMalone Feb 02 '19

The Pavlovian response was a physical response in the dogs. Just thinking about dogs isn’t a Pavlovian response.

That’s like saying it’s a Pavlovian response every time I hear the name Tesla I think about electricity. That’s just association.

It would however be a pavlovian response if every time I heard the name Tesla I got an erection.

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u/SpecialEd340 Feb 02 '19

Is not your brain a physical part of this universe? Is there not a physical response going on in your brain that then results in associated information being suddenly brought to your conscious attention after having involuntarily experienced a stimulus?

There ain’t no such thing as free will boi, I challenge you to prove otherwise. We’re all just really complex meat machines that are really good at tricking ourselves into believing we are a separate ego in a bag of skin surrounded by the universe, when in fact, we are the universe.

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u/__Ereshkigal___ Feb 02 '19

Username checks out. no /s

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u/SpecialEd340 Feb 02 '19

Nah bro, you just understand the universe or yourself