georgelee5786
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Do you think someone who became immortal and no longer needed to breathe would keep breathing out of habit?
You know, that raises another question. What if immortals become the ultimate version of 'nose-breather supremacists? You know, those people that look down on mouth-breathers? Like "Ugh, a 'breather of necessity.' Yuck! Just so ewww..."Do you think someone who became immortal and no longer needed to breathe would keep breathing out of habit?
I thought breathing was an involuntary reflex? You would need to teach your body not to breathe.Depends on how new the immortal is:
- Very new immortals can’t break the habit yet because their minds haven’t adjusted to being immortal. If they get in a situation where they can’t breathe, they might panic for no reason, because they still unconsciously assume they have to breathe. A very new immortal might even pass out, just psychosomatically, if there’s no air. (They can’t actually suffocate though.)
- Somewhat new immortals often keep the habit because they’re used to it and it feels normal, plus it makes them less strange to mortal
- Long-term immortals start to forget to breathe as they lose touch with the feelings of their mortal lives, and keep up breathing only when necessary to make mortals comfortable or pretend to be a mortal.
- Ancient immortals, or immortals who never needed to breathe, rarely do so except deliberately, and then they’re awkward about it, taking one or two breaths to see what it’s like, or taste the air, but in a way that’s very alien to ordinary breathers.
Presumably your body changes if you become the kind of immortal who no longer needs to breathe. So part of the involuntary reflex would disappear, is my theory, but the other part — in the brain stem — would fade more slowly like a lot of neurological changes (phantom limbs, etc.) So newer immortals would have a hard time not breathing, but immortals are by definition around for a long time. The more “plastic” your brain — like the physical age of the brain — the easier this change would be. Unless, of course, something about immortality removes neuroplasticity, in which case immortals can’t really grow or change as individuals, have a hard time learning things, etc.I thought breathing was an involuntary reflex? You would need to teach your body not to breathe.
Uh, yeah, if he ever wanted toIt depends on the specifics on your system and what changes are made to the person's biology. Could they repurpose the tissue of the brain stem to perform more elaborate functions?
He is, actuallyYou need to breathe to speak. Unless he’s also a telepath.
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