c/dumbquestions · by MastKalandar@feddit.online · 115dIf it's important to wash our body, wash our hair, why isn't it equally important to wash our brain ? 9 points · 13 comments · view on lemmy.world
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MunkyNutts@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 115d
That's what we do when we sleep.
https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-uncover-how-brain-washes-itself-during-sleep
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 115d
I've read theory that posits that when we sleep, waves of cerebrospinal fluid wash over the brain, removing waste.
Edit: https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-uncover-how-brain-washes-itself-during-sleep
TheracAriane@thebrainbin.org · 3 pts · 115d
Never knew about that. Thanks for sharing.
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 115d
Now that I'm home and can use my desktop PC, I looked it up to make sure I wasn't talking out of my ass. Edited my above comment with a link!
Donjuanme@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 115d
Why do you think we sleep?
pressedhams@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 115d
Brain washing is typically looked down upon.
TheracAriane@thebrainbin.org · 1 pts · 115d
Why so ???
scutiger@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 115d
Mostly because of the nasty, obvious scars it leaves behind on your head when you cut it open.
Asafum@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 115d
Because of gravity. You can't look up when brain washing or the water would just fall on your face.
MastKalandar@feddit.online · 0 pts · 115d
You mean something like shirshasana ???
Asafum@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 114d
Idk I was making a dumb joke
codewizard@hear-me.social · 3 pts · 114d
@Asafum @MastKalandar there's indeed an asana called shirshana.
StoneyPicton@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 115d
blarghly@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 114d
Forest bathing, bro