From: oldernow@dev.null   
      
   On 2025-03-16, Ed Cryer  wrote:   
      
   > Neurologists tell us that we have a brain in our guts;   
   > quite an extensive neuronal network that handles   
   > digestion. Our hearts also have their neurons.   
   > And then there's muscle-memory which comes into play   
   > with bike-riding, playing piano or guitar, swimming etc.   
   > What about OCD? People feel the need to perform some ritual   
   > counting or wiping; as if to satisfy some need of which   
   > they're not conscious.   
   >   
   > All this makes me wonder if a person is really dead if you   
   > cut off his head.  Chickens can sometimes run around for   
   > minutes after decapitation. This one survived 18 months;   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken   
      
   The internet cuts peoples' heads off on a regular basis,   
   leaving people running around spewing liberal nonsense   
   between screams of "HITLER!" and "FASCIST!"....   
      
   --   
   NPC's dutifully ignored.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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