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In class, we discussed the example that if the motor cortex is damaged, the I-function loses its ability to control body movement, but the nervous system still has control over the body. I have always considered the I-function a distinct and somewhat superior entity to the rest of the boxes because it is the box that in some ways shapes our identity. But the fact that the nervous system can compensate in the absence of the I-function adds more layers of complexity. Does the I-function exist only to prevent our nervous system from functioning in certain ways at specific times? Is the I-function merely an inhibitory signal of the nervous system?