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So my head is not “inside” my skull but *is* my skull? Is the brain not a part of my head?

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What part of you makes you? Is it just your brain?

Anyway, I think what they’re getting at is that the shell is actually their spine, not like some extra thing that grows on top of their spine.

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Most ppl think they have a skeleton inside them. But If you think of you as your brain (as many would day). Then your actually inside your skeleton.

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Behold, a human being.

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I get what they try to say. But it’s just funny that they correct a statement with another wrong statement.

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What part of the second statement is wrong? A turtle cannot survive without its shell, just like you could not survive without your skull. It is an intrinsic part of what allows it to function as a living organism, therefore the line between “turtle” and “shell” is a bit blurred

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1 point

There are animals that inhabit shells, like a Hermit crab. This is different.

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4 points

Can you put any external part of yourself inside your skull? That’s the difference.

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5 points

*shows toungue and puts it back in

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Ooo, good point. But is it moving an internal part outside the skull? What’s the default location of a tongue?? I’m lost in the science!

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2 points

I’ve been trying but I’m still not flexible enough to reach.

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2 points

Yeah, any time you put something in your mouth. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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2 points

Look, I’m not a biologist, okay!

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1 point

I can, though probably only once

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4 points

I think the right analogy would be to say “you are not inside your skull, you are your skull”. And I would count this as a more or less correct statement.

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Am I my skull? So I get to live as long as my skull is not decayed?

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Well, that’s the paradox isn’t it? We are our minds but somehow we also are our bodies.

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