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What if our brains are just eggs that are waiting to hatch when we die? A soul hatching by exiting the brain.

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

No, officer, it's "Hi, how ARE you?"

[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 2 days ago (3 children)

What if our brains are just eggs, and when you take drugs, its like you fry that egg

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you have a car accident, it’s like making an omelette.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What if you're on a motor bike?

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Scrambled eggs.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Pickled checking-in.

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Stop I haven't had breakfast yet

[–] prex@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its been 10 hours - how was breakfast?

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Scrambled eggs toast bacon and tomatoes

[–] bluebadoo@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

10/10 True shower thought

[–] guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How high are you? And where can I get some?

[–] inkzombie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

It's called an existential crisis

[–] OptimusPrimeDownfall@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I came here specifically to recommend this quick read.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 9 points 2 days ago

There's a whole community about the body being just a shell and the brain being an egg that needs to crack: EGG IRL

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Without any transducers for sensory data into the brain would a soul hatchling be eternally trapped with no external interaction?

[–] inkzombie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What if we don't need it like gills in the womb?

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You're still getting oxygen through the umbilical blood, so no gills but still something other than lungs. So like instead of a brain the soul hatchling attaches to a clone or a robot brain or something else to haunt

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Technically it's still lungs, just not your own.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

You'd have to believe in souls

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 4 points 2 days ago

Well, they are high in cholesterol...

Idk about all of that, chief. Our brains seem to be the machine we use to filter reality after sensory input. But I agree with the sentiment: this life is just a game (that you can win or lose), the afterlife is more real and long-lasting. 👍

[–] jayambi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago
[–] yesman@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

I don't believe in a soul or an afterlife. And neither do you. The only person I can think of who lived their life like that stuff was true is Andrea Yates. The rest of y'all are just kidding yourselves because you're scared of dying.