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Where is my collarbone? - Philosophy of bones.

I was looking at the phone, the other day, just like you. And there popped up an image asking the question 'What is the bone shown here' And there was a picture of an exposed shoulder of a young person. And then there was the collarbone, clearly visible through the skin. I could see hundreds of answers and here is the analysis of different answers to the question.


Shrug bone.

Beauty bone

Collar bone

Clavicle


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Those were some of the answers given by people of different backgrounds. First, we will see some possible reasons behind these answers and then we will try to see some more answers. I am sure, Collar bone is a general knowledge, however someone with a medical or in that case, who studies zoology or biology would know it is also named clavicle. Maybe one's who answered it clavicle, may have fractured it and doctors, explained it in those terms. Some explained it is the beauty bone, as lot of girls who like to be beautiful, try to shape themselves to make it exposed, even by means of anorexia Nervosa. Hence, I have seen Japanese girls, who put water above their exposed bone, and put some Koi fish in it to show their achievement. And I really do not know how the word Shrug bone came from.


More answers to the question of which bone?

Those were the main answers. But for the purpose of this article, I gave it a thought. I am sure there are more to it than those. Imagine, the question is only asked in English. How many languages are there in this world? 3000? Obviously, some of the languages do not have a name for the collar bone. But many of them would have and there is possibility that there are more than thousands of them. If you include Alean languages like Klingon, I am sure there is a word for the bone you would find there.



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Now, let's move on, it is considered as correct to answer such a question. But let's look back at the question and question the question for the sake of it and be a child in answering. I could see, why people answered the way they answered but the problem is I did not see a bone there. All I saw was some skin. Truely speaking no one should have seen a bone. Everyone should see skin. Yet, they saw a bone When questioned. This made me think, why did I see a collar bone, in a place where there is no part of it is visible? Where was my collar bone which I saw and why?


Where is my collarbone?

And answers were simple. Imagine someone showed the same photograph and asked the question, this is my shoulder, do you think I am a man or a woman? This is my shoulder, am I fair? You can think about any question. Someone might even ask, this is my shoulder, what is the color of my car? I am sure, no one would answer a question like that with above answers. Nobody would ever say collar bone. So, the answers, are just because of the question, and everyone saw a collar bone, which was not there just because of the question. Now, this is a great example to show that our thoughts are shaped by the information that is put into it. So, the collar bone everyone saw, was in their minds, and not in the picture. (Where is my collar bone -> is it in mind?)


Oh, you may think that is the depth. But I would say, no my friend there is no depth to it. Let's look back at the question again.


Is there a collar bone? Yes, there was and no there was not.

Was there skin? Yes, there was and no there was not.


After you read the article, you would agree there was skin only. But I say look beyond, question again. Do you see skin. Take out your magnifying glass and see. You will see the pixels which make an image. So, there was no skin. The skin that you saw was in your mind. And there were only pixels.


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But the truth is even pixels are made out of just some colors. And if you would saw that picture forgetting everything you have learnt so far you would see nothing. So, what did you see? Is it an illusion? All I can say is that it was a relative truth. In the context, it is true that there is a collarbone and not absolute.


Let's ask another question. Where is the mind the collarbone was in?



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