A group of prominent biologists and philosophers announced a new consensus: There’s “a realistic possibility” that insects, octopuses, crustaceans, fish and other overlooked animals experience consciousness.
For the same reason a human in a bad automobile crash may be conscious and yet be immobile - the brain releases its own mix of painkillers along with other chemicals such as adrenalin when your body gets badly damaged.
That’s sometimes why you can get a big gash in your arm running or fighting or even moving furniture around, and might not immediately notice until you move into a lower state of excitement and those chemicals clear out of your blood stream.
Someone can be very badly injured, but since they’re in shock they might not be able to tell how badly they are hurt until the local environment changes.
Well shit maybe animals and insects have a fucking absolutely crazy painkiller mix like DMT and Salvia or some crazy shit and they just don’t give a fuck
For the same reason a human in a bad automobile crash may be conscious and yet be immobile - the brain releases its own mix of painkillers along with other chemicals such as adrenalin when your body gets badly damaged.
That’s sometimes why you can get a big gash in your arm running or fighting or even moving furniture around, and might not immediately notice until you move into a lower state of excitement and those chemicals clear out of your blood stream.
Someone can be very badly injured, but since they’re in shock they might not be able to tell how badly they are hurt until the local environment changes.
Well shit maybe animals and insects have a fucking absolutely crazy painkiller mix like DMT and Salvia or some crazy shit and they just don’t give a fuck
afaik, it’s more naturally generated opoids on the level of morphine.