ELi5 Where does feelings come from biologically?

Question

Is it just the chemicals in our brains? Like I’m pretty sure guts don’t have that system.

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Answer 1

I just finished listening to Lex Fridman’s current podcast episode, where he interviews Nick Lane, an evolution/neuroscience guru. He spends twenty minutes answering exactly your question. TL;DR, he has no idea.