Be aware that you're sentient.

[IkeTheGeneric]

Sentience is rather a nice state of being, isn't it? Nobody's fully absorbed how loving amazing our brain is, have they?

We have the ability to know what's going on, and be able to label it as such. The best part about being sentient is that you can will yourself to do anything.

Well, not exactly, but as an example;

Just because you willed it to, you could hammer off your thumbnail with a rock. Why? Because you're sentient. It wouldn't be exactly the smartest thing to do, but that's what's great about being aware. For you to be able to actually decide what could kill or harm you, instead of generally leaving instinct to force you to avoid it, is awesome.

Right now, I could just get up and run away to some other place because of that same reason. "I can".

It's not that I will, but it's that I can.

Discuss sentience.

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[Plasmus]

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[Ziyek]

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[otto-san]

It's nice, but people use that intelligence for very stupid things.

[Azzurolix]

I just loving love how I can move my hand ANYWHERE using muscles that only act on a 2D line.

Oh that and fingers. woobly woobly woobly woo

[David819]

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wow

[IkeTheGeneric]

It's nice, but people use that intelligence for very stupid things.

But the fact that they CAN be stupid is amazing!

Our brain is so advanced that it is stupid sometimes!

I just loving love how I can move my hand ANYWHERE using muscles that only act on a 2D line.

Oh that and fingers. woobly woobly woobly woo

It's awesome just watching you move your own fingers.

It may look like you're in a trance or you're high, but just thinking about what's causing it to happen is so cool.

[Azzurolix]

It's awesome just watching you move your own fingers.

It may look like you're in a trance or you're high, but just thinking about what's causing it to happen is so cool.

I know, right?

Zillions of protein strands locking and unlocking, minuscule blood channels feeding every cell in our skin and muscle with oxygen every second, and the nerves that link it all.

The forgetin human body, how does it work?

[otto-san]

Basically, when you look at humanity you see this:

Highly intelligent beings either using their brains well or using it for dumb things.

[Night Fox]

yeah
I've always wondered how our imaginations work.
That's some of the coolest stuff I've ever known of in my entire life.

[IkeTheGeneric]

yeah
I've always wondered how our imaginations work.
That's some of the coolest stuff I've ever known of in my entire life.

Creating images and concepts just by willing to.

We're like super heroes.

[Azzurolix]

Creating images and concepts just by willing to.

We're like super heroes.

I wish one day we could harness the alpha and beta waves coming out of our brain to move Gundams

Mountain smashing go!

[otto-san]

Humans probably have imaginations because pretty much EVERYTHING in their brain is learned. Humans rely almost too much on learned behavior. Because of this, they don't rely on instinct, on imprinting, on really any type of innate behavior. It's neat how they can just do all this without any real effort.

[ultimamax]

imagination is formed by unicorn vomit blended with rainbows

[IkeTheGeneric]

imagination is formed by unicorn vomit blended with rainbows

I'll have to think about this.