Im wondering that if we are the brain why we cant control things like pain and our immune system.
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You are taking a simplistic mechanistic approach to the human body.
So let’s go with that. You are driving your can. You can control the direction and speed but you don’t have a control that increases and decreases that water temperature that cools your engine.
That portion of your car isn’t under your direct control. The water temperature happens because of factors beyond your direct control. It is automatic.
Large portions of the human body are regulated but are not under your direct control. The autonomic nervous system handles many of those functions. You can try holding your breath. However you will be forced by that system to breathe before you lose consciousness.
There are other systems within the body that are programmed to function without any regulation. Your energy production within your cells isn’t controlled by the nervous system or the autonomic nervous system.
Just because you are in the driver’s seat doesn’t mean you are the car.
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