/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.4367833]

This may not belong to /sci/ but there are no boards i can ask it here, and no /x/ is not an option.

What is the connection between the Pineal Gland and the consciousness / soul ? Why did the egyptians put this symbol everywhere and was there a connection between the elongated skull of Akhenaten and extraterrestials ?

It's obvious that we'll have tsoukalos posts but let's try to keep them at minimum gentleman.

[Anonymous No.4367834]

>What is the connection between the Pineal Gland and the consciousness / soul ?
There is none.

[Anonymous No.4367836]

>>4367834

are there no neurons firing in that region?

[Anonymous No.4367838]

>That symbol
Is just an eye with make up in the fashion of that day. Causation=/=Correlation

[Anonymous No.4367839]

>>4367836
Sure there are a lot of neuroscience studies, but thinking you can explain consciousness by neuroscience is silly.

[Anonymous No.4367842]

>>4367838
sure they don't look similar at all

[Anonymous No.4367844]

>>4367839
>>4367836
>>4367834
>>4367833
Doing a BsC in neuroscience here and this thread reeks of ignorance. To be honest the only person I've ever seen on /sci/ who knows jack about the brain is Imhotep.

The hierarchical stucture of the brain means that with small increments connectively you can reap huge rewards in terms of 'processing power'.

There is no 'conciousness module' that we have and other animals don't

[Anonymous No.4367846]

>>4367833
At that time, they didn't have the scientific knowledge or tools to remove the brain from the skull without damaging it, and cut it halfway smoothly. Even if they did, there is no way they could figure out what the pineal gland does.

[Anonymous No.4367850]

>>4367842
So what if they do, you can get a fuckton of different similarities between objects and various angles of human anatomy depending on how you slice the human body and look at it. Just because if you happen to slice the pineal gland at an angle of exactly 32.45 degrees and it barely happens to look like an Egyptian hieroglyph, doesnt make it mean anything

[Anonymous No.4367852]

>the connection between the Pineal Gland and the consciousness / soul ?

Regulates some hormones through your youth. Usually calcified by 30.

[Anonymous No.4367853]

>>4367844
Except that Imhotep is an underage shitposter who doesn't know anything he's talking about.
And you are massively lacking reading comprehension. None of your contents corrected or addressed any of the alleged "ignorance".

[Anonymous No.4367856]

>>4367844
>Doing a BsC in neuroscience

[sarcasm] Sure that makes you an expert. [/sarcasm]

Shut the fuck up, dumbass.

[Anonymous No.4367858]

>>4367856
Your sarcasm tags are so ANGSTY. Shouldn't you be in high school right now?

[Anonymous No.4367859]

>>4367850
It's not just a spesific angle.It's cut right halfway because of the symmetry of the brain. And you can see this eye symbol in many egyptian hieroglyphs. Your debunking skills are terrible

[Anonymous No.4367860]

>>4367844
>who knows jack about the brain is Imhotep.
>confirmed for newfag who doesn't know of CNS's existence

[Anonymous No.4367868]

>>4367844
>To be honest the only person I've ever seen on /sci/ who knows jack about the brain is Imhotep
>obviously too much of a newfag to know CNS

[Anonymous No.4367870]

>>4367860
looks like I got ninja'd

[Anonymous No.4367871]

>>4367856
It means I probably know more than 99% of /sci/ for all their circlejerking about being intelligent/knowledgable.

>>4367853
I addressed the bits that bothered me the most, as the pineal gland stuff was so terrible and obvious shite.

[Anonymous No.4367873]

>Why did the egyptians put this symbol everywhere and was there a connection between the elongated skull of Akhenaten and extraterrestials ?

>Ancient Egypt
>extraterrestrials


fucking history channel at it again

[Anonymous No.4367875]

based on this you might as well ask what the connection is between the corpus callosum and consciousness, since the eyebrow is such a prominent feature in the eye symbol.

[Anonymous No.4367877]

>>4367871
>It means I probably know more than 99% of /sci/ for all their circlejerking about being intelligent/knowledgable.
You don't know shit. Make a PhD first. Then you can come back. The knoledge of an undergrad is not even comparable to that of an educated layman.

>I addressed the bits that bothered me the most, as the pineal gland stuff was so terrible and obvious shite.
Cool story, bro. Only didn't you say anything about the pineal gland.

[CNS !MT.CNS.YRY No.4367888]

>What is the connection between the Pineal Gland and the consciousness / soul ?
Short answer? None which is based on empirical findings.

Long(er) answer? Descartes thought the pineal gland was the seat of the sould because, as opposed to virtually all other structures in the brain, we only have one pineal gland. Some cultures attribute mystical powers to the pineal gland because of its photosensitive properties in some vertebrates. In these species, the pineal gland is placed against the roof of the skull, and can receive light. Because of this, it's sometimes referred to as the 'third eye'. Its photosensitive properties are however not comparable to an actual retina, and its role is limited to regulating the circadian rhythm. In humans however, it is buried deep below the cortical volume, and has lost its photosensitive properties (although it is still modulated by light, but indirectly). It's nothing more than a hormone gland.

>>4367868
>>4367860
Oh, hi.

[Anonymous No.4367905]

>soul

[Anonymous No.4367907]

>>4367888
>not comprehending that the third eye is a metaphore
>2012

ohboyherewego.exe

[Anonymous No.4367913]

[CNS !MT.CNS.YRY No.4367914]

>>4367907
Of course I comprehend that it is a metaphor. The people that don't are the ones that attribute mystical powers to the pineal gland because of this.

[Anonymous No.4367917]

>>4367907
>metaphore

[Anonymous No.4367921]

[Anonymous No.4367925]

[Anonymous No.4367928]

>>4367888
>implying a culture is smart enough to know the photosensitive property of the pineal gland, yet sees it as a real eye
and if you don't mind me asking, which culture is it exactly ?

[Anonymous No.4367930]

[Anonymous No.4367932]

>>4367888
>>4367914

OUR LORD AND SAVIOR CNS HAS GRACED US WITH HIS PRESENCE!

WE ARE UNWORTHY, LORD! PLEASE FORGIVE US!

[Anonymous No.4367934]

>>4367913
>>4367921
>>4367925

omg omg im posting giorgio lol, im so funny omg xD xD xD

[CNS !MT.CNS.YRY No.4367946]

>>4367928
>and if you don't mind me asking, which culture is it exactly ?
I'm not sure, but I think certain streams of Buddhism. The name third eye didn't actually come from them. The French writer Georges Bataille also wrote about it extensively in the 19th century. His ideas caught on in philosophers circles during that time. Additionally, some new-wave streams also link it to DMT production and spiritual transcendence. They see fluoridization of the pineal gland as the most terrible thing in the word (exaggerating, in case you didn't get it.).

Anyway, I don't know too much about all that stuff. I'm sure you can find something if you just google it. I stick to the neuroscience. That's all.

[CNS !MT.CNS.YRY No.4367953]

>>4367928
Also,
>implying a culture is smart enough to know the photosensitive property of the pineal gland, yet sees it as a real eye
I'm not implying that at all.

Anyway, you have a good day now.

[Anonymous No.4367956]

>>4367946
>>4367953
>tfw getting bathed in the river of wisdom that flows from the mind of the lord our god!

[Anonymous No.4367980]

>>4367888
Huh. But there are other brain structures which are "unique". Like the hypothalamus. But no one thought on the same principle to claim consciousness might have anyhing to do with it.

[Anonymous No.4368009]

>>4367946
There was a thread on /pol/ about fluoridation a few days ago that talked about this. Apparently it might be possible to reverse its calcification by eating healthy and drinking only twice filtered water. The water was filtered twice in order to remove the fluoride, which does calcify the gland.

Calcification of the gland has been known to lower energy levels, lead to more mental health issues as compared to people with uncalcified pineal glands, and if the poster was to be believed, have a harder time in achieving lucid dreaming.