As far as I know, the purpose of yawning isn’t really understood, but it’s present in nearly all land vertebrae. Maybe it’s a universal bug in the breathing animation code.

  • Opinionhaver@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 days ago

    You could be a brain in a vat - what you experience in that case would effectively be a simulation running on wetware instead of silica. But that still wouldn’t change the fact that what you’re experiencing is happening right now from your subjective point of view. Even if this were just a pre-recorded memory from someone else, it still feels like the present moment to you.

    Everything you perceive could be smoke and mirrors, completely fake - but the one thing that remains undeniably true is that it feels like something, not nothing. Even a psychedelic trip, as bizarre or unreal as it may seem, is still just another appearance in consciousness. And for that to happen, your biological body needs to be alive. If you’re dead, there’s nothing left that could have - or host - that experience.

            • toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              2 days ago

              we’re got hardware. that’s the stuff we write hardware software and firmware on.

              what the heck is “wetware”? what’s that tech? it’s new to me.

              • Opinionhaver@feddit.ukEnglish
                4·
                2 days ago

                I just told you. I’m speaking of the human brain.

                Wetware is a term drawn from the computer-related idea of hardware or software, but applied to biological life forms.

                The prefix “wet” is a reference to the water found in living creatures. Wetware is used to describe the elements equivalent to hardware and software found in a person, especially the central nervous system (CNS) and the human mind.

                Source

                  • Opinionhaver@feddit.ukEnglish
                    6·
                    2 days ago

                    I agree. I’m getting pretty tired of your condescending tone. I’ve looked past your false accusation about me supposedly downvoting you, ignored the rude “explain or GTFO” remark, and even politely asked you to clarify what you were asking so I could give you a more helpful answer - but you just keep going with the same behavior.

                    You have a nice day.

      • toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        i see your opinion (it’s a small world; voting is pretty clear). do you care to argue for it, or are you happy with your downvote?