The Heart Is Not a Homunculus

The heart is conceived of as a homunculus, an internal being that makes commands that must be obeyed. It's interesting to think about all this like when we think about heart and brain, we think okay, brain is thought heart is a certain store system. But of course, if we know that the two need each other, like the brain cannot live independent of some sort of heart that is doing the job of the heartBe that a transplanted heart or an artificial heart,. Like that is a role that has to be filled for the brain to do its thing as well.