There are times when your body is trying to tell you something is wrong and there are times when you are trying to tell your body that something is wrong. Unfortunately these two rarely occur at the same time, preferring to clash or suddenly come into play at precisely the wrong time.
Though the classic example is an anxiety attack, today we examine the phenomenon known as pins and needles, or by its scientific name "Paresthesia". While the accepted reason for this is reduced blood flow suddenly being able to flow utterly uninhibited, causing a prickling, numbness or burning sensation on the skin of the affected limb, there are always other paths to be considered.
One such path was proposed by the classic 16th century philosopher Vincent van Nuil who argued exclusively for the existence of the human soul. He considered the soul to be a liquid force that thrived within our blood, and as such, thought flow of blood to be crucial in maintaining the soul's necessary and equal presence throughout the average person.
Mr. van Nuil theorised that the negative sensations were, in fact, the primary signs of the soul's flow being so interrupted that the soul would begin to evaporate. He claimed that even after the Paresthesia had ended, the soul would not return or regrow. By his methodology, those most effected by this gradual recession of their soul were found to be prone to disassociation, thinking that they were not human and thus proceeding to act outside of the expected societal norms.
Other symptoms of this "soul shortage" were physical characteristics that Mr. van Nuil had measured over his thirty five year career. His results were remarkable - those with less of a soul looked less human and lacked, or at least showed a great reduction in reaction, to regular uncontrollable responses to physical stimuli such as the knee jerk reflex.
What his research didn't do was come to a conclusion, though he speculated the eventual evolutionary impact of the alterations that he claimed were caused by the lack of a soul. From his reasoning humans we he knew them now no longer exist. We aren't the same kind of human that existed in the 16th century, in fact we are barely as human as out ancestors.
We are something else entirely, something with little to no free flowing soul in our blood.
We do not care.
Though the classic example is an anxiety attack, today we examine the phenomenon known as pins and needles, or by its scientific name "Paresthesia". While the accepted reason for this is reduced blood flow suddenly being able to flow utterly uninhibited, causing a prickling, numbness or burning sensation on the skin of the affected limb, there are always other paths to be considered.
One such path was proposed by the classic 16th century philosopher Vincent van Nuil who argued exclusively for the existence of the human soul. He considered the soul to be a liquid force that thrived within our blood, and as such, thought flow of blood to be crucial in maintaining the soul's necessary and equal presence throughout the average person.
Mr. van Nuil theorised that the negative sensations were, in fact, the primary signs of the soul's flow being so interrupted that the soul would begin to evaporate. He claimed that even after the Paresthesia had ended, the soul would not return or regrow. By his methodology, those most effected by this gradual recession of their soul were found to be prone to disassociation, thinking that they were not human and thus proceeding to act outside of the expected societal norms.
Other symptoms of this "soul shortage" were physical characteristics that Mr. van Nuil had measured over his thirty five year career. His results were remarkable - those with less of a soul looked less human and lacked, or at least showed a great reduction in reaction, to regular uncontrollable responses to physical stimuli such as the knee jerk reflex.
What his research didn't do was come to a conclusion, though he speculated the eventual evolutionary impact of the alterations that he claimed were caused by the lack of a soul. From his reasoning humans we he knew them now no longer exist. We aren't the same kind of human that existed in the 16th century, in fact we are barely as human as out ancestors.
We are something else entirely, something with little to no free flowing soul in our blood.
We do not care.
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