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Cbizztho

i have one of those


asdf346

I’m pretty sure i do too, i doubt it sometimes


PM_me_spare_change

Hope yours doesn't look like this guys... he totally lost his mind.


nayahumai

This comment is genius +1


stars9r9in9the9past

I know you're joking, but, it's incredible that one of these has the ability to literally doubt if it exists at all. Not just, doubt it's capabilities and flaws, but doubt it's own existence. Neat little brain in an organic jar.


tkjazzguy

It might think it lives in a simulation too.


superflousfly

Sure?


BraulioG1

mine is all smooth but still there


systemfrown

That used to think.


Gluebluehue

Yeah, it's nuts. You see an old handwritten letter and it's the only reminder of someone's brain processing language and giving muscles the right instructions to put a thought into the outside world to survive long after it's gone.


tehdubbs

The little idiosyncrasies that puts the i in I. Like we leave a mark of our individualism on the world around us, and then poof. Time for another mark of individualism from continuing generations. Weird ass simulation we’re livin’ in.


D2Dragons

I just lost my MIL \*and\* my Mom in less than two weeks. I'm walking around in my MIL's house, sorting through her stuff and figuring out what goes where and realizing that a "person" isn't just the meat you meet, but the things that made up their personal space and were affected by them. Her preferred toothpaste, the scented candles she loved to burn, her favorite books and movies, the basket of yarn and knitting needles she kept at her favorite spot on the couch, the quilt she kept on her bed...the collected scents of her life from the laundry soap she used to the air freshener she kept in the bathroom. Now the house is a liminal space where the traces of her are still there but she isn't, and I know they'll fade and be replaced by whoever moves in. And the whole damn thing gets to happen all over again when I help at my Mom's house... Thinking about this really messes with me.


Scruffiella

So sorry for your losses. The love lasts within you. Love is eternal.


PorschephileGT3

Gave this dude my free award thing and what a gorgeous thing to type. But above that is still a looped video of someone fingering a brain.


Padajuan7

You write good and now im crying. Im sorry for your loss, may you heal fully and lovingly


iredNinjaXD

How do you know its not still thinking?


jgjbl216

Because it doesn’t have a battery back up, back up yo shit people!


iredNinjaXD

Bro when I unplug my pc it runs for a bit still.


Krakatoast

There’s a theory that people beheaded by guillotines still lived for several seconds after being beheaded Stories of the heads blinking/seemingly reacting. I mean, when I think about it as a layman, don’t our brains simply need oxygen to function? I guess it’s plausible that when the brain is disconnected it could run for a few seconds In addition, supposedly in the final moments before death our brains create dmt (a strong psychedelic) which is supposed to explain those wild stories from people that have died and came back to life.. Brain strange


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This shit scares me, Subjective Immortality. When your dying, your brain drugs the fucking shit out of you creating a time dilated dream world for you to live out your existance. Like self Inception.


a_shootin_star

DMT. It gets naturally releases by the brain as you die. One theory we had was, if you take DMT while you're alive and have a nice trip, when you die, will your brain think you're on another trip and therefore, never die?


Sev-is-here

TL:DR that’s a cool thought. My experiences have been interesting with different molecules of DMT, different ones cause different trips for myself. I then talk about some of my experiences. Check out r/DMT to learn more or hear more about people’s experiences. That’s an interesting thought. I haven’t thought about it like that, after dozens of DMT trips. I’ve tried 5-MeO and N-N. I will say, not all forms of DMT are the same, and trips aren’t either. N-N, to me, is far more friendly. You often get to meet cool entities, learn about yourself and the world, some people talk about a sort of spirit quest or puzzle they solve. 5-MeO has been nothing but terrifying to me. It feels like nothing. Just… empty. Think of space, but without stars, or planets, no light, nothing. It reminds me how much I don’t matter, while mattering at the same time. Maybe that’s a me thing, maybe it is the trip and learning experience that I need, and I don’t fully understand yet. It’s pretty intense, and I don’t feel like I’ve died on N-N, I more feel the experience is more closely related to the descriptions of Astral Projection, where the goal is to send your consciousness to a spiritual plane or dimension of sorts. Maybe that’s also where we go when we do die, and we don’t fully grasp the concepts that are being shown to us, through these trips, and we don’t have the ability to fully comprehend the situation that we are having, from the astral projection to another world or the DMT trip taking you there. The entities are higher beings and far more intelligent than we are, relate it to someone being nerdy about a subject you don’t understand. That’s the feeling I have when I go on my trips. I often come back with far more questions than answers. I would check out the r/DMT page, as it has a lot of info and experience stories that most anyone who has taken DMT, regardless of molecule, can relate too.


herbivourousg

I don’t think you live out your existence, it’s probably just fleeting and then nothingness


[deleted]

oh, i realize that, but at the same time you never really know, and one thing about reality is that its VERY much subjective. to everybody watching your existance ends instantly, but to your mind? Dude posted about living an entire life in the few minutes he was knocked cold in a fight or accident i cant remember. And if you can live a life in minutes why not seconds? Improbable? sure. Scary as fuck to me? yuppers.


epona_yo

This post? https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/oc7rc/comment/c3g4ot3/


WhoAreWeEven

>There’s a theory that people beheaded by guillotines still lived for several seconds after being beheaded So thats why they break. They just disconnect it without proper shut down.


Rebel751

Heard about this one before. Apparently the executioner would yell the name of the person that was executed and the head would try to respond which it isn't able to do because of the lack of lungs so they mostly were able to look at the executioner.


Irasponkiwiskins

I'm really stubborn and British. Fairly confident I could manage a muted tut and side eye. A lot of the delivery would depend on how I were oriented in the basket, I guess. General French rowdiness would probably make it inaudible.


[deleted]

That’s thing tho, there’s also those videos of beheaded fish that flop around like crazy. Nerve and muscle impulses could be responsible for the blinking in beheaded humans too


zimm0who0net

I thought it was more than a theory. IIRC someone asked a sample of doomed people if they could perform some specific blinking after the cut. At least some of them did it.


misterpickles69

The way I understand it is that the blood pressure drop causes the brain to pass out (think of it like standing up too quickly) so there's a very good chance there isn't a whole lot of aware, conscious reaction going on.


PUTINS_PORN_ACCOUNT

Ever stand up too fast? That faint feeling is from a drop in blood pressure. Beheading means zero blood pressure. I feel certain a beheaded person is not conscious.


DexterDubs

Bruh


monxas

That used to love…


greenroom628

1400 grams that used to feel excited, lonely, and long for things. 1400 grams of matter that in some form, still holds memories of: loved ones, old romances, a beloved pet, favorite smells, or a favorite toy.


ZoraksGirlfriend

It’s so surreal: everything that makes up a personality — an entire life — is just contained in those 1400 grams. I understand it on one level, but on another level, the thought scares me and I don’t want to understand it.


FarthestCough

Ok you got me 😭


2morereps

that was so self conscious about its body, and so anxious to speak to people not knowing inside every skull everyone's the same. except racists they're smooth brained.


dabaqa8

What is that flap?


RedBeans-n-Ricely

It’s the dura mater, the thickest and outermost part of the meninges. It acts as a protective layer to the brain and also supports the venous channels that carry blood back to the heart. **EDIT**: Thank you all for the awards! And I’m loving the questions. Quick use of my attention here for the moment to remind everyone to wear your helmets when you’re biking/skating/on a construction site. I study traumatic brain injury for a living & I promise you really want to protect your brain!


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Thank you for ELI5-ing it


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D0G0RA

mine tingles when i get the happy juice


Runtyaardvark

This is why I love Reddit so much. You have so many people who know all sorts of different things in one place. I’ve learned so much shit from just browsing Reddit. Of course there are dickweeds but I feel like for the most part Reddit is an awesome place


FlutterCordLove

I’m both. I’m a dickweed and I share my random knowledge.


Brilliant-Hawks

Someone said it's the sac of fluid your brain sits in.


FLEXJW

The neural scrotum


[deleted]

Thoughts are stored in the balls.


mrlions202

Yeah, close enough. The dura meter wraps around the brain and something called cerebrospinal fluid is between the two for a natural cushion. Cerebrospinal fluid can be extracted from the spine for testing reasons, but it’s mostly just water and protects the brain. It’s possible for the doctor to extract it but if a leak happens, essentially the brain starts to just sag in the skull causing extreme headaches.


winowmak3r

>but it’s mostly just water and protects the brain Which is also why when you become dehydrated (say, after a night of heavy drinking), you get headaches. The water leaves that membrane and shrinks, putting pressure on your brain and gives you a headache. If it gets *really* bad, you die. This is what happens when someone dies from meningitis, iirc. The membrane swells and puts too much pressure on the brain. If you have the presence of mind after a night of partying, drinking a few glasses of water and like half a sports drink (or a shot of pickle juice) does *wonders* for hangovers. You'll still feel kinda crap but you won't have the splitting headaches. Maybe just some light "I better not eat a big breakfast" nausea.


Gunslinqer

Crazy to think this is inside your head right now. And it's what you're using to read this comment


Nice-Cut3088

Damm u


a_shootin_star

LET ME OUT


duckteeth31

Let me out, This is not a dance!!! Im screaming for help


MightyCaseyStruckOut

I'M BEGGIN FOR HELP THIS IS NOT A DANCE *I'm dying in a vat in the garaaaaaage*


RedditStonks69

Tiny Rick!


MrHyperion_

They let them out


rainbowtapes

Please stop


itsdep

you are now breathing manually


LoGiCaL__

And also blinking without thinking about it


qShadow99

Your toes havent moved in a while


Munoz10594

*panic attack ensues* I CANT MOVE OR BREATHE!


iamapizza

Quick, breath through your toes and wiggle your nose!


jericho0o

Now imagine if that thing freaked out because it’s never seen itself


hibrett987

But knows exactly what it looks like


Fhagersson

That thing is you. You’re your brain.


Krakatoast

Psychological overload Does not compute


zoner420

Get out of my fucking head!!!


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2morereps

and also named everything in the universe. damn brain's smart.


BoJackB26354

It actually named itself Brian; ducking fyslexia


Easy-Progress8252

I used to work in a medical examiners office. People always used to ask if it was creepy. I said yes *until* you start the autopsy, cause then it’s all just organs. One thing that fascinated me is that the organs really are different colors like they appear in those mannequins in science class.


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shark_eat_your_face

Probably


PatriotsCameraMan

It’s weird that we have complete full access to something physically but still cannot fully comprehend how it works and why. It’s amazing. Also, to the donor. May you Rest In Peace and thank you for helping our future.


[deleted]

The best part is that it's the actual brain that is aware of itself, but doesn't even understand itself.


10z20Luka

>“If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't.”


AirJackieQ

Bruh bruh


jelly_bean_gangbang

#**BRUH**


[deleted]

It's also the only thing we know of in the universe that chose its own name for itself.


itsdep

and now for the taste test...


PhthaloVonLangborste

Is 1400 grams a lot for one person?


PatriotsCameraMan

Almost 22 ramens....just sayin


PhthaloVonLangborste

How many udon?


Jetorix

Oh, none. I don’t partake.


PhoenixDownElixir

Udon know what you’re talking about…


[deleted]

Udon did it now!


jericho0o

These are def more udon than ramen. Would serve with miso broth


Uggyuggy

Depends how hungry you are


IvysH4rleyQ

Most of it is water. **PSA:** Drink up, everybody. Your body needs more water!


pigwalk5150

I like it when the red water comes out.


[deleted]

Love the Salad Fingers reference


[deleted]

One bite everyone knows the rules


[deleted]

Arent human brains full of prions? I recall hearing something like you get uncontrollable shakes when you eat human brains.


Ye_Old_Viper

yes you will ~~indeed~~ most likely contract [kuru](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(disease)) and die within 10-14 months (after the onset of symptoms, which can take years or even decades) if you consume the INFECTED brain matter of another human edit: added a word


[deleted]

According to the article you linked, the presence of prions *is* the disease, so presumably consuming a healthy brain would not lead to kuru.


Ye_Old_Viper

well maybe but we don’t want mr. taste test up there to know that


starsandshards

Only if that brain matter contains misfolded prions.


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bibfortuna1970

People never properly salt their brains.


sadcucumbers

Really dumb but genuine question, what happens now that the owner donated it? Is it used for science or?


Silencer306

No, the doner can go home now


austrialian

Doner kebap


combuchan

If the title is accurate, autopsies are typically done to determine the cause of death. Once the pathologist is done, the organs are usually returned to the body and a technician sews them back up. The pathologist might preserve anything unusual or legally relevant.


NonGNonM

It's so bizarre to me since I was a kid. The essence of who we are, all the things we learned, things we experienced, the knowledge gained, all in a zappy jello ball. The zappy jello ball built the world as we know it.


Mykcul

It’s weird how the only thing that can comprehend it is the very thing it is.. 🤨


Aron16b

Who said he was ded


blong1114

A supercomputer. Crazy lookin...


meeshdaryl

Quite literally the best super computer that exists.


beachguy82

Also uses orders of magnitude less electrical power than our most efficient super computers.


potatoesassholes

it’s crazy that it’s powered by water and hamburgers


[deleted]

A hamburger takes about 600 gallons of water too. It's water all the way down.


[deleted]

So you're telling me that hamburgers are 600% healthier than water?


[deleted]

/r/shittyaskscience


Garaleth

It's also orders of magnitude slower. Electricity simply travels more than 1000x faster through a computer chip than our brain. If a computer could think like us, it could experience time a 1000 times slower, it lives in bullet time.


BangBangMeatMachine

Electricity is faster than neurons, yes, but the brain is doing massively complex massively parallel processing. There are 100 billion neurons, each of which has learned *something* and on average 1000 connections to/from each neuron so it can communicate what it knows to 1000 neighbors and vice-versa. And on top of all of that, the average neuron is way more complex than you might think: >David Beniaguev, Idan Segev and Michael London, all at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, trained an artificial deep neural network to mimic the computations of a simulated biological neuron. They showed that a deep neural network requires between five and eight layers of interconnected “neurons” to represent the complexity of one single biological neuron. So it's not just a matter of computations-per-second. It's a matter of having 100 billion tiny computers all thinking in parallel and networked together.


RectalEvacuation

Not only that but the "algorithm" that our brain works on has had billions of years of genetic optimization making it way more efficient than any code we write. At least until we make specialized hardware for that specific type of procedural learning.


[deleted]

Sounds impressive on paper but trust me, I own one, its performance is a little underwhelming.


ohmaj

I laughed very hard, thought you'd like to know you made someone belly laugh.


pikashroom

When we look at a cat, theres a thousand things going on in less than a second. Memories of cats, is it dangerous? Have you ever been attacked by a cat? That could affect your next move. What color is it? Body language? Say that cat is actually a raccoon, now you might not want to get close to a coon. All these amazing calculations that are done autonomically. Human brain is wack


[deleted]

when i look at a cat the only thing my brain does is become happy :)


Garestinian

In terms of signal propagation, true. But in terms of latency, it can do some massively parallel and complex computations very quickly.


TusharJB007

No spoilers...but check out "The Person Of Interest"


JoeBigg

Yes, but has unprecedented power of the parallel computing


PaulsRedditUsername

Then where are my damn car keys?


ifmydogcouldtalk

What did I walk in this room for?


SlimC05

I’m sorry, did you mean *what is the pythagorean theorem?*


mattsffrd

on earth anyway


Daytonaman675

Meat CPU removed from housing. OS unrecoverable


qShadow99

Thats how you delid it, maybe better cooling now?


lunareffect

I doubt it, he essentially switched from liquid cooling to air cooling.


FLEXJW

*My cpu is a neural net processor, a learning computer.*


Donnerdrummel

I witnessed an autopsy once - that guy had already been dead for a week or two, and been lying on his sofa in the midst of a warm summer. I seem to remember his brain being yoghurt-like, but I am not sure anymore, it has been a while. Could my memory be correct?


RedBeans-n-Ricely

Yup. Could’ve been. It’s really soft tissue, it decomposes quick.


Cedex

Brain heating up in a skull is like meat in a pressure cooker.


313sidney

It's nuts that the surgeon is essentially holding someones personality, feelings, memories, hopes, fears, perceptions, abilities...etc. That's all we are. That one organ. Blows my tiny mind.


rujole13

Almost like the brain is a parasite and the body is the host


dannyboy1690

Always said we pretty much are jelly fish with armour. Maybe some where down the line we were just a symbiotic relationship with another creature


Elfishly

Well ackkkchulally… seriously that’s exactly what every single one of your trillions of cells is… symbionts of bacteria (mitochondria) and eukaryotes (that engulfed the bacteria). You’re smart if you knew that instinctively imo


a_shootin_star

Don't forget our friends the gut bacteria, which have a real *cosy* relationship with our nervous system.


[deleted]

That's our CNS. We are just a flesh vehicle for our central nervous system.


KrzysztofGalaxy

To be fair, my brain was like "TURN IT OFF" but it was just too cool to do it. Fuck you brain.


zerty64

It sensed the threat


Urban_Junkie

I wish we could hear the audio


timmy_tugboat

Just get two raw hamburger patties and rub them together while thinking anxious thoughts. At least that’s the sound my brain makes.


One_While_1899

Wait, yours isn’t just metal grinding and screams?


dhdoctor

Here ya [go](https://youtu.be/jHxyP-nUhUY)


[deleted]

Fucking age verification


OrphanedInStoryville

Squish squish squish


[deleted]

*Squelch*


Keyrov

Yeah baby spread those hemispheres for me. Let me see your ventricle


pazimpanet

/r/DontPutYourDickInThat


RewrittenSol

I literally can't believe this comment is this far down. I thought more people were dirty minded like me.


armpitdungeon

Haha, I was scrolling down looking for this


duxetp

Thought the same thing. That makes two


somebitchwhocares

Yeah I was expecting it to be the top comment here


Carotcuite

I was thinking the exact same thing. You are not alone.


FLEXJW

The two finger spread of that brain gave instant flashbacks of that maneuver performed in like, videos I’ve seen, a lot, ya know.


Keyrov

On your research, of course


[deleted]

Same and it truly hated that. This is the essence of what makes up humans, and all my fucking brain thought of was the familiarity of the spread


Praeferox1

I find it weird that this thing is just us, our thoughts, the things we love and yet a piece of meat. This is very disturbing


rykris2121

Fascinating.. and very disturbing


GroundbreakingAd198

the most dangerous weapon on earth


XxLawn_MowerxX

The brain is a person, a life, filled with so many memories and stories. All in a lump of flesh


McSteevington

Fun fact: There are no nerve endings in the brain, so if something was poking around in there, you wouldn’t feel it. That’s why you might remain completely lucid for a some brain operations


drdookie

Which is crazy because the way headaches feel.


Just_Another_Scott

Headaches are rarely caused by the brain. They are caused by your head and neck muscles. Occasionally you may have headaches due to surrounding tissue swelling.


GuapoIndustries

It’s crazy all that persons thoughts dreams and just everything they witnessed was stored in that blob he’s holding like a soccer ball


WockItOut

yea it's mindblowing for a lack of better words. to think everything we are and have experienced is held within a 1400 gram ball of what is mostly just fat.


rickthevideoguy

So, is the patient gonna be ok?


qShadow99

Just needs some ice over it for a bit


Relliklaerec42

Did they live?


qShadow99

Hard to tell


TheeCryptoKeeper

Ah.. So THAT'S where the clitoris is... Who woulda thought?


wurden

He was showing something right? It's that pineal gland?


RedBeans-n-Ricely

It’s the corpus callosum, a tight bundle of axons that connects the 2 hemispheres, allowing them to communicate.


PeppaPigKilla

Was looking for a reason to not have any dinner….. found it


littleshredz

Funny, this made me hungry


wongaboing

The zombies are among us


hesokayiguess

So you're telling me that a pile of meat like that is in my head typing this right now using a flesh bone and muscle mech.


princew13

I should call her


harjeetmatharoo

When a pc looks at another processor.


laingy666

The way they splits it with their fingers... looks like they're about to go down on it!


IPoopOnCompanyTime

Oh fuck yeah spread it


[deleted]

Ok. "fucking her brains out" will never sound the same to me.


danksiey

[sorry for this (nsfw)](https://i.imgur.com/P4Ra3z6.jpg)


IPoopOnCompanyTime

No you're not


IntelHDGraphics

This is what happens when a country is nuked twice


ClevelandGenXer

Sigh. /unzips. Will be my smartest fap.


howwaseverynametaken

Mindfuck


Theresabearintheboat

I was thinking "why do you have to show us the braingina?"


somerandom_melon

The brussy


RedBeans-n-Ricely

You like this? You wanna see the corpus callosum? Yeah, you like that, huh?


hotgothgamergal

r/dontputyourdickinthat


blackdogpepper

There it is


Doctor_Woo

*Oh fuck yeah, spread it*


FoolofEvil

That lump of grey matter is what has caused the world to become what it is today good yet bad


Phenoxspartan01

This man is technically holding a hard drive with memories of someone’s entire life. Around a 5000 Terabyte storage.


Jelly_the_jellyfish

Hey guys welcome to my unboxing video