Seriously, wtf is "phantom limb"?

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Ronald Melzeck, mostly known for inventing the McGill Pain Questionnaire, has a good theory about it called Gate Control Mechanism Theory. Tl;dr your spinal cord includes a complete map of your body, so you can still feel pain in a limb after losing it. Hideo Kojima made a video game about it called Dark Souls 2
 
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