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I have always wondered why we feel as if our consciousness (or self) lies in our head and/or behind our eyes. Do people with total blindness still feel this way due to other senses located in the head region or do they feel it somewhere else? (self.Blind)
submitted by goflyers_
CloudyBeep 10 points 1y ago
Fun fact: people used to think that consciousness was in the heart because it beats and gives off pain.
goflyers_ [OP] 3 points 1y ago
That's interesting, I wonder what caused that to change over time
CloudyBeep 5 points 1y ago
Neuroscience.
bradley22 2 points 1y ago
For me it's all of me, I believe in an afterlife and things like that so perhaps that has something to do with it.
moonpegasus19 2 points 1y ago
I think I feel it everywhere. It just exists with me. The reason we associate conciousness to the head is purely cultural.
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