The way in which we're doing it by communicating this way seems like it leaves a lot of room for the possibility that you are a different conscious entity than me. If we were somehow joined neurologically that seems less likely that we're actually two different consciousnesses but i think that that's just a like a mistake yeah. We have no idea if there is something that it's like to be both of them at the same time, says Hofstadler.
David and Tamler discuss famous 'split brain' experiments pioneered by Roger Sperry and Michael Gazzaniga. What happens when you cut off the main line of communication between the left and right hemispheres of our brain? Why under certain conditions do the the left and right brains seem like they have different abilities and desires? What does this tell us about the ‘self’? Do we have two consciousnesses, but only that can speak? Does the left brain bully the right brain? Are we all just a bundle of different consciousnesses with their own agendas? Thanks to our Patreon supporters for suggesting and voting for this fascinating topic!
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