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.

Did anyone watch So You Think You Can Dance this week? I've just finished and was wondering if the people who didn't like Heidi before liked her better now--because I think she was loads better with Travis as her partner. As for who might be going, I'd vote for Martha (who I've never liked) and Ivan (who I like a lot, but I just don't think he can compete technically at this point).

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?

That's not just the Greeks, but a tenet of Confucianism and early Taoism. Even in the West, the head didn't become the home of consciousness until the late Dark Ages. I can't remember the details, but this was part of a paper I wrote for a class on Theories of Consciousness back in the early 90s.

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

When a body meets a body comin' through the brain?

That's not just the Greeks, but a tenet of Confucianism and early Taoism. Even in the West, the head didn't become the home of consciousness until the late Dark Ages.

That just seems really odd to me, but of course I'm a product of a "head-consciousness" culture, so....

That just seems really odd to me, but of course I'm a product of a "head-consciousness" culture, so....

I think I know what ita's talking about. I can recall stories about some scientist who was doing thought-experiments in the 70s by trying to get subjects to center their consciousness lower in their bodies.

Tommy, have you seen this? It's kinda...weird.

I think I know what ita's talking about. I can recall stories about some scientist who was doing thought-experiments in the 70s by trying to get subjects to center their consciousness lower in their bodies.

Haven't males been doing this....forever?

The sci-fi is making my brain hurt.

Megan - have not watched yet. Hopefully Tivo grabbed for me and I can watch eventually.

Tommy, have you seen this? It's kinda...weird.

I think I've seen a picture or two of the new 747-8, but those pictures really emphasize the weird curvature of the wings. Huh. (Also, the pictures show the saw-tooth pattern to the back of the engine nacelles, where the bypass air exits. This is to make the engines quieter.)

The new 787 has weirdly-curved wings, but not to the same degree, I think: [link]

I think that because both planes have wings that are mostly composite, there's a lot more they can do with wing shapes than for wings of aluminum.