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tman_ndsu08 · Feb 29, 2004, 12:05 am

</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (dotComa,)
I just want someone to explain to me a bit of science. I don't understand how our mind tells our arms to move, legs to move etc. For a bit I thought it might be something like if we look at our arms, they move, etc, but this cannot be the case (blind people can bend things).

I guess my question is: How does our brain tell each part of the body to move? Is it a code? Is it something we are born with? How would we be born with such knowledge?

I know it might sound like a stupid question, but it's been on my mind lately.

Also, does anyone else think we're just a current of electricity/energy that uses the body as a host? Just wondering I guess this question really got me thinking about the first one (how are arms move). I was thinking about if we found out how to transfer our 'energy' or our conciousness to a machine somehow..could we then teach our mind to work with parts of a machine the same way it works with joints, eyelids, etc?

I hope I made sense. This is a little over my head, but I love to think about it.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>

An even more interesting question is how can our brains ask such questions as above??

Other animals simply take for granted that their limbs do things that they want. We, however, are always interested in why something works. Why is that?

Feb 29, 2004, 12:05 am	#3 (permalink) (top)
tman_ndsu08 BANNED Posts: 5,021	</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (dotComa,) I just want someone to explain to me a bit of science. I don't understand how our mind tells our arms to move, legs to move etc. For a bit I thought it might be something like if we look at our arms, they move, etc, but this cannot be the case (blind people can bend things). I guess my question is: How does our brain tell each part of the body to move? Is it a code? Is it something we are born with? How would we be born with such knowledge? I know it might sound like a stupid question, but it's been on my mind lately. Also, does anyone else think we're just a current of electricity/energy that uses the body as a host? Just wondering I guess this question really got me thinking about the first one (how are arms move). I was thinking about if we found out how to transfer our 'energy' or our conciousness to a machine somehow..could we then teach our mind to work with parts of a machine the same way it works with joints, eyelids, etc? I hope I made sense. This is a little over my head, but I love to think about it.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'> An even more interesting question is how can our brains ask such questions as above?? Other animals simply take for granted that their limbs do things that they want. We, however, are always interested in why something works. Why is that?