▲ 231 ▼ The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are now calling an “all-body brain,” with neurons that function as a brain throughout its anatomy. (www.popularmechanics.com) submitted 11 months ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/science@mander.xyz 22 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 point 11 months ago* (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) Depends on your definition of thinking. If by think you mean react to their environment and possibly have some form of chemically based memory, that seems possible. Hell they have to react to the environment to maintain homeostasis. Multicellular organisms are ultimately a kind of colony of unicellular organisms if you get right down to it. If you mean actual cognition, definitely not. There's an indisputable difference between reacting to stimulus and considering the cause of the stimulus and the second one needs a neutral network or something like it, it's simply too complex... Probably. I also don't think it's unreasonable that an organ could affect thought patterns aka personalities, but there's a big, big difference between your brain's specific chemical environment they are affecting and the memories it contains. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 0 points 11 months ago Microtubules are also just mechanically involved in synaptic firing. If you disrupt their chemistry you disrupt the ion transfer chains throughout the entire synapse. I'm not nearly read enough on the finer details on those mechanisms and definitely not the quantum theory you seem to be referencing to offer an expert opinion but I'm really inclined to go with Occam's Razor on this one. Who knows though, maybe you're right, it certainly would explain some weird behaviors most microbiologists just kind of shrug off 🤷♂️ permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) Depends on your definition of thinking. If by think you mean react to their environment and possibly have some form of chemically based memory, that seems possible. Hell they have to react to the environment to maintain homeostasis. Multicellular organisms are ultimately a kind of colony of unicellular organisms if you get right down to it. If you mean actual cognition, definitely not. There's an indisputable difference between reacting to stimulus and considering the cause of the stimulus and the second one needs a neutral network or something like it, it's simply too complex... Probably. I also don't think it's unreasonable that an organ could affect thought patterns aka personalities, but there's a big, big difference between your brain's specific chemical environment they are affecting and the memories it contains. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 0 points 11 months ago Microtubules are also just mechanically involved in synaptic firing. If you disrupt their chemistry you disrupt the ion transfer chains throughout the entire synapse. I'm not nearly read enough on the finer details on those mechanisms and definitely not the quantum theory you seem to be referencing to offer an expert opinion but I'm really inclined to go with Occam's Razor on this one. Who knows though, maybe you're right, it certainly would explain some weird behaviors most microbiologists just kind of shrug off 🤷♂️ permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 0 points 11 months ago Microtubules are also just mechanically involved in synaptic firing. If you disrupt their chemistry you disrupt the ion transfer chains throughout the entire synapse. I'm not nearly read enough on the finer details on those mechanisms and definitely not the quantum theory you seem to be referencing to offer an expert opinion but I'm really inclined to go with Occam's Razor on this one. Who knows though, maybe you're right, it certainly would explain some weird behaviors most microbiologists just kind of shrug off 🤷♂️ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 0 points 11 months ago Microtubules are also just mechanically involved in synaptic firing. If you disrupt their chemistry you disrupt the ion transfer chains throughout the entire synapse. I'm not nearly read enough on the finer details on those mechanisms and definitely not the quantum theory you seem to be referencing to offer an expert opinion but I'm really inclined to go with Occam's Razor on this one. Who knows though, maybe you're right, it certainly would explain some weird behaviors most microbiologists just kind of shrug off 🤷♂️ permalink fedilink source parent