Week 4: A Glorious Piece of Meat (post 1)

This film was interesting to watch, because it deals and talks about the "i" and awareness of how our brains are working and our body's. The video talks about how we don't digest our foods, or how we don't do much but follow through on the role of our "i" which is our awareness on things that are happening around us everyday. The film starts off with a quote by Patricia Smith Churchland stating,"And then if it turns out that you are just stuff, that your brain just is meat,then wanting it to be different isn't going to change it."

Based on this quotation, it can mean that if we do end up being just stuff and our brain is just meat then, who are we? If we are just stuff in the end and nothing of real value and prize then what was our purpose. I disagree with Patricia Smith Churchland on her quotation, because, yes our brain is just meat,but it holds so much control over our body's reactions and our brain is a great source of energy. We need to fuel our brains constantly by exercising, and eating our vitamins and minerals. According to Churchland, if it were just apiece of meat then why does it do so much and have such a huge role in our body's functions. Without our brains we are useless, but our brain isn't just apiece of meat, and were not just stuff, we are human beings! Our brain makes us a functioning human being.