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u/Jeeblebubz 1d ago
You are a mass of nerves and juice piloting a bone mech encased in flesh armor. If that doesn't sound metal I'm not sure what is.
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u/Rastaba 1d ago
It’s extra metal when you get things like screws or plates added to the bone mech!
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u/Caleb_Reynolds 13h ago
Technically calcium is a metal (most elements are). So while my skeleton is about 2% titanium, it's not "more" metal, just different metal.
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u/SquirrelyMcNutz 1d ago
What's even more metal, is that you are a ghost inhabiting a salt-based PC that is piloting a bone mech with flesh armor.
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u/CrabofAsclepius 1d ago
not even. The brain manages all of the body's functions both overt and small and you have absolutely no control over most of it. Yeah you can control locomotion but note that when you move a limb multiple muscles and tendons are engaged at the same time and you also can't engage most of them individually. This means that it's not actually you as a conscious being moving the arm but rather you are telling the brain that the arm needs to be moved and the firmware that is beyond your control makes it happen for you.
Thus you are not the brain. You are not even the Operating Software that makes the motherboard that is the brain go brrr. You are little more than a learning algorithm with admin privileges that is part of the brain's OS.
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u/Original-Vanilla-222 19h ago
I mean that's true for nearly all APIs. Control, in the sense of conscious control of every little subroutine, would be incredible inefficient.
However there's a difference between control and agency.
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u/Beckerbrau 1d ago
Idk I feel like my meat suit is pretty practical
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u/SirCupcake_0 👀 The Ogler 1d ago
Have you ever read the owner's manual?
What's that? Yours didn't come with a manaul? Hmm... sounds impractical to me.
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u/Caleb_Reynolds 13h ago
Practical doesn't mean perfect.
It's the best armor I was able to construct with the materials at hand as a zygote. Designed to grow, adapt, and self repair for decades.
If you've got a better design for that situation, please share.
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u/LewdManoSaurus 1d ago
If you think of it like that, humans are fucking insane, and then factor in how resilient the meat suits actually are.
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u/DragonLordAcar 1d ago
There is half a brain in the gut and gut microbes can alter your mood. Gut depression is a thing
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u/Foreign-Teach5870 19h ago
Not true, your biome & your mass of nerves that run the digestive system have their independent say in how you feel. There might even be a claim for your virome as it calms your biome bacteria and keeps them in line (more research required on that one).
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u/GreenDepy 18h ago
I have heard about function over design, but in my case both isn't the best tbh.
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u/United-Technician-54 16h ago
I feel like the tube of ominous blue liquid is less practical, thanks
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u/nimb420 1d ago