Submitted by evanstiegel on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 10:42am.
Couldn't these inexplicable things still be part of this "system"? In my opinion, us not having an explanation for many of these inexplicable things, is no grounds to dismiss it from being a function of the nervous system. You say that systems are supposed to be reliable and predictable, but I am not sure if that is entirely true. There are many other systems in our body that have functions that we have explanation for. I believe that a scientific understanding of the brain/nervous sytem is in its youth, and perhaps in several years from now these inexplicable things may no longer be inexplicable.
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Couldn't these inexplicable
Couldn't these inexplicable things still be part of this "system"? In my opinion, us not having an explanation for many of these inexplicable things, is no grounds to dismiss it from being a function of the nervous system. You say that systems are supposed to be reliable and predictable, but I am not sure if that is entirely true. There are many other systems in our body that have functions that we have explanation for. I believe that a scientific understanding of the brain/nervous sytem is in its youth, and perhaps in several years from now these inexplicable things may no longer be inexplicable.