Also used at around the time to refer to sperm.

Are you saying there's jizz in my head?

I never put me into a body in my body. Hmm. Too recursive for me. Who's in the homunculus's head, then?

I remember a friend talking about some wacky scientist or another who'd managed to move the centre of his consciousness into his navel. I'm still not sure I believe that's possible, but then again, I'm sense-bound. What if I were blind and deaf? Would I still be in my head?

Huh - homunculus has a lot of meanings: [link] From this, it does sound like one of its meanings is the theory:

Today the term is used in a number of ways to describe systems that are thought of as being run by a "little man" inside. For instance, the homunculus continues to be considered as one of the major theories on the origin of consciousness, that there is a part (or process) in the brain whose purpose is to be "you".

Who's in the homunculus's head, then?

That's totally the major criticism of that idea.

Are you saying there's jizz in my head?

No, each sperm has a little guy in it....

Who's in the homunculus's head, then?

Maybe we're all just a bunch of Russian nesting dolls.

Who's in the homunculus's head, then?

And who's in the homunculus that's in the homunculus's head? And who's in the...

It's like seeing yourself in two mirrors that are facing each other. Like the ones in the bathroom in my freshman dorm.

I remember a friend talking about some wacky scientist or another who'd managed to move the centre of his consciousness into his navel. I'm still not sure I believe that's possible, but then again, I'm sense-bound. What if I were blind and deaf? Would I still be in my head?

Another fascinating subject. I think the ancient Greeks thought the center of one's consciousness is in one's chest.

I think the ancient Greeks thought the center of one's consciousness is in one's chest.

Could they feel themselves thinking there? Of course, I'm not sure I can feel myself thinking, but you know what I mean. It's not like (I think (or do I?)) that anyone told me where my consciousness was.

I'd never really thought of that before, but I suppose my impression of the "location" of my self is just behind the eyes, handily near the center of my brain.

I read a few months back about some scientist who did research on near-death experiences and theorized that our brains are merely receivers for information and thoughts that originate on some other plane of existence. Because our brains don't have the physical capacity to store all the sensory information that we accumulate in a lifetime.

Dude, I can't remember what I had for lunch the day before yesterday. I seriously doubt that the amount of info I'm retaining is overloading the brain's storage capacity.

I seriously doubt that the amount of info I'm retaining is overloading the brain's storage capacity.

You're probably using a crappy compression algorithm.

Could they feel themselves thinking there?

Good question. I don't really remember.

I think that for non-blind humans, vision is such an important part of how we "see" ourselves in the world that it's almost inevitable that people would imagine themselves thinking behind their eyes.