You Don’t Know Thyself - When you think you're.....'?'.....If Your Body Were Truly You, You’d Never Wake Up from Sleep. So, who or what are “you” ?

 



You Don’t Know Thyself: If Your Body Were Truly You, You’d Never Wake Up from Sleep


Have you ever stopped to think about the mechanics of being alive? Not just the philosophical equally important stuff about the meaning of life, but the nuts-and-bolts stuff—the blinking, breathing, blood-pumping marvel that carries you around all day. Here's a thought that’ll blow your mind faster than your favorite conspiracy theory: your body is not you.

Let's be really serious here now: if your body were truly “you,” how would you explain the fact that every single night, you drift off into a void where you—the thinking, worrying, Netflix-binging entity—stops to exist? And yet, your heart keeps thumping, your lungs keep inflating, and a whole internal circus of biological drama carries on without your conscious supervision, thought or consent. It’s as if your body is a well-oiled machine, and you are just a rider hitching a ride.


The Great Sleep Edge 

Let’s start with sleep because it’s the coolest reminder of how little control we actually have. Neuroscience tells us that sleep isn’t just a luxury; it’s a biological must. Your brain enters a default cleaning mode—flushing out toxins like a janitor working the graveyard shift—while your conscious self checks out completely.

But: you’re not just “unconscious.” Your autonomic nervous system takes over, a masterful autopilot ensuring you don’t suffocate or forget to metabolize the leftover burrito in your stomach. Recent studies on parasomnial disorders even suggest that your body can walk, talk, and even drive a car while your conscious self is chilling in dreamland. Who’s really running the show here?



Automated You: Breathing Without Permission

Ever noticed that you don’t have to think about breathing? Sure, you can override the system for a few moments—like when you’re trying to calm down during a tense Zoom meeting—but for the most part, your body just handles it. This is thanks to your medulla oblongata, a part of your brainstem that says, “Don’t worry, I got this.”

Even digestion, one of the most complex biological feats, happens entirely without your conscious involvement. 

Can you imagine needing to remind your pancreas to release insulin every time you scarf down a donut? You’d last about three days before you’d short-circuit from decision fatigue.


Memory: A Convenient Illusion

Let’s talk about memory. You think you remember things, right? The reality is, your brain—specifically the hippocampus—acts more like a librarian who decides what’s worth keeping and what’s not. Did you know that every time you recall a memory, you’re actually editing it? Researchers at MIT recently showed that memory isn’t a fixed file but a reconstructive process. In other words, your past is more like a Netflix original—partially scripted, partially improvised, and always up for reinterpretation.


The Science of "You"

So, who or what is this “you” that thinks it’s in charge? Parapsychology is pointing to new ideas and theories in modern times. One school of thought suggests that consciousness is less of a localized phenomenon and more of a broadcast—a signal your brain tunes into like a radio. If that’s true, then “you” are not your body, but something like a  DJ in the cosmos spinning tracks in the ether.

Meanwhile, modern neuroscience say's so called 'self'  is an emergent property—a byproduct of neural networks firing in harmony. But wait, think about what i'm going to write next or what you're about to read:

 if you disrupt these networks through trauma, drugs, or sleep deprivation, the sense of “self” can evaporate entirely.




What About AI and Autonomy?

If you’re still not convinced, let’s borrow a simpler example from the tech world. Think of your body as hardware and your consciousness as software. Like any good computer, your body runs on background processes—constantly upgrading, rebooting, and self-repairing—without your conscious input.

Here’s a bender fender, mind shredder re-molder: researchers in AI are now developing systems modeled on human biology, HA. 

These machines are designed to run autonomously, adapting and learning without direct commands. Sound familiar? That’s because your body has been doing this for eons. You’re basically a meat-suit version of advanced AI.


So, Who Are You?

If your body isn’t you, and your consciousness is more of a fleeting phenomenon than a permanent resident, what does that leave? Some philosophers argue that “you” are the observer—the entity watching the drama unfold without ever stepping onto the stage.

You wake up from a deep sleep, feel like you’ve returned from another dimension, take a moment to thank the biological entity that kept you alive while you were off-duty. And maybe, just maybe, stop taking credit for being “in control.”

 Because if we’re being honest, you’re not even the driver in the strictest sense but thats for another article. I Propose, You’re the passenger. And isn’t that kind of worth finding out what this implies?


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