# The brain is not the ultimate creator **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902 "2011-09-02T00:23:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cabin\_Fever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/1 "2011-09-02T00:23:30Z")
The brain is not the ultimate creator. Adding a chemical can change things. But ONLY temporarily… This somehow is proof that that the brain is not the ultimate creator. But the actual proof slipped through my fingers. So the world must keeping waiting. Sorry for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/2 "2011-09-02T00:40:06Z")
> [@Cabin\_Fever](#): > > Adding a chemical can change things. But ONLY temporarily… > > This somehow is proof that that the brain is not the ultimate creator. > > But the actual proof slipped through my fingers. > > So the world must keeping waiting. Don’t give up; I don’t think the chemical has run out yet. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/3 "2011-09-02T00:40:14Z")
If frogs had wings, and snakes had hair, And automobiles flew through the air, If a watermelon grew on a huckleberry vine, Then we’d have winter in the summertime. This is the September poetry slam - right? ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/4 "2011-09-02T01:04:04Z")
> [@Cabin\_Fever](#): > > The brain is not the ultimate creator. > > Adding a chemical can change things. But ONLY temporarily… > > This somehow is proof that that the brain is not the ultimate creator. > > But the actual proof slipped through my fingers. > > So the world must keeping waiting. Sorry for your loss. Cocaine is a hell of a drug. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/5 "2011-09-02T01:48:19Z")
I sure chose the wrong day to quit Qualudes. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/6 "2011-09-02T01:50:49Z")
[Brain and brain! What is ‘brain’?](http://lee.org/blog/2007/04/18/brain-and-brain-what-is-brain/) . ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/7 "2011-09-02T01:50:53Z")
The brain is the ultimate crater. ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/8 "2011-09-02T02:00:44Z")
I am intrigued by your ideas, and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/9 "2011-09-02T03:01:56Z")
Well, if it’s not the brain, then what is it, smart guy?! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/10 "2011-09-02T03:14:52Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cabin\_Fever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/11 "2011-09-02T03:36:25Z")
My friends, We swim in a sea of chemicals. Don’t judge one another. The fish can’t see the water. They don’t know the truth. We can’t know the truth but we can know that it exists. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/12 "2011-09-02T03:38:25Z")
> [@Cabin\_Fever](#): > > My friends, > > We swim in a sea of chemicals. > > Don’t judge one another. > > The fish can’t see the water. They don’t know the truth. > > We can’t know the truth but we can know that it exists. Whoa… That’s deep. I mean, either my ears hurt because it’s so deep that the pressure is rupturing my ear drums, or it’s nonsense. But I like the former. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/13 "2011-09-02T03:43:36Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > I sure chose the wrong day to quit Qualudes. I didn’t…zzzzzzzzzzzzzz (+) (+) ASCII art successes!-ish! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/14 "2011-09-02T07:27:51Z")
This is your brain – () This is your brain on drugs – {{{{{{{{{(########)}}}}}}}}}!!! Think about it! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/15 "2011-09-02T09:13:15Z")
Fish don’t know the truth, but not because they can’t see the water - it’s because _they’re fish_. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/16 "2011-09-02T09:23:52Z")
> [@Cabin\_Fever](#): > > The brain is not the ultimate creator. > > Adding a chemical can change things. But ONLY temporarily… > > This somehow is proof that that the brain is not the ultimate creator. > > But the actual proof slipped through my fingers. > > So the world must keeping waiting. Sorry for your loss. Don’t worry, I too have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this theorem. Sadly, this text box is too small to contain it. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/17 "2011-09-02T09:30:33Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Fish don’t know the truth, but not because they can’t see the water - it’s because _they’re fish_. Fish are the ultimate Zen masters. They have taken the ultimate vow of silence. By evolving into water creatures who cannot move air into their lungs. They have no vocal cords. Oh, they know the truth. They can tell no one! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/18 "2011-09-02T10:12:43Z")
Groovy. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/19 "2011-09-02T12:22:30Z")
I used to think the brain was the most important organ in the body. Then I thought, “Well, look who’s telling me that”. -Stephen Wright, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902/20 "2011-09-02T13:33:05Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I didn’t…zzzzzzzzzzzzzz (+) (+) > > ASCII art successes!-ish! 😃 You fell asleep and dreamed about boobs? 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brain-is-not-the-ultimate-creator/594902.md?page=2)