That "we renew our whole body" shtick has been around as long as it has been refuted: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/aprilholladay/2007-03-30-cell-lifetime_N.htm

Also, what the hell does "breathing manually" mean? With my hands?

Complete tangent, but the "atoms are 99.99% empty space" always threw my head for a spin until I watched some PBS show with Stephen Hawking (Stephen Hawking's Universe perhaps?) that talked about strong and weak atomic/nuclear forces. Really answered the questions I had like why atoms can't just pass through each other if/since they are 99.99% empty space and therefore would be unlikely to physically collide. Cool stuff!

>> ^hpqp:

That "we renew our whole body" shtick has been around as long as it has been refuted: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/aprilholladay/2007-0
3-30-cell-lifetime_N.htm
Also, what the hell does "breathing manually" mean? With my hands?

I think what he meant is that we can control our breathing under our own cognition rather than involuntarily (which it normally does). That and blinking are involuntary functions that we can override "manually" through our own will and cognitive abilities.

>> ^brycewi19:

>> ^hpqp:
Also, what the hell does "breathing manually" mean? With my hands?
I think what he meant is that we can control our breathing under our own cognition rather than involuntarily (which it normally does). That and blinking are involuntary functions that we can override "manually" through our own will and cognitive abilities.
...and that we will override when our attention is called to them. Like "you are now aware of your tongue filling your mouth."

.. and one time, at band camp..

And... Did you know that the background of the Sickbay in TOS during Sarek's diagnosis contains the Tantalus Device? Mind blown, randomly.

>> ^ReverendTed:

>> ^brycewi19:
>> ^hpqp:
Also, what the hell does "breathing manually" mean? With my hands?
I think what he meant is that we can control our breathing under our own cognition rather than involuntarily (which it normally does). That and blinking are involuntary functions that we can override "manually" through our own will and cognitive abilities.
...and that we will override when our attention is called to them. Like "you are now aware of your tongue filling your mouth."


"you are now aware of your tongue filling your butt." How does that make you feel?

>> ^poolcleaner:

>> ^ReverendTed:
>> ^brycewi19:
>> ^hpqp:
Also, what the hell does "breathing manually" mean? With my hands?
I think what he meant is that we can control our breathing under our own cognition rather than involuntarily (which it normally does). That and blinking are involuntary functions that we can override "manually" through our own will and cognitive abilities.
...and that we will override when our attention is called to them. Like "you are now aware of your tongue filling your mouth."

"you are now aware of your tongue filling your butt." How does that make you feel?


Quick! Think of three things that aren't Jackie Chan!

Ooh, I've got one:

"The roof of a typical UPS truck is white, not brown."

*canada because "aboot"

Invocations (canada) cannot be called by ForgedReality because ForgedReality is not privileged - sorry.

you are now aware that your jaw has weight and you are holding it up.

And did you know? that when people intone every sentence as if it were a question? it gets really fucking annoying?

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