Why can’t we control out own sensations ? Why is our brain not able to just turn off the feeling of pain for the moment ? “I got it, something is bad, now stop hurting !” Or to just fall asleep whenever we want to.
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I might add that the nervous system is complex, and some nerves send signals one way, some another, and we dont have a map. If our nerves are an extension of our brain, that would be like turning portions of our brain off… not ideal, as we are pretty much our brain. That is where consciousness seems to be.
Also, nerves to get damaged, or die, and we lose function either temporarily or permanently as a result. So turning any of our nervous system off will start rendering our human, corporeal form, less that efficient.
It would be cool to throw a switch and not feel pain, but nerves are the things that throw our switches; nerves tell our body how to move. Mechanically, it would be impossible for a switch to turn itself off, and then back on, without another outside force working on it. Nerves are our outside force, the way we interact with what lies outside us. This is why it seems functionally impossible.
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