Do you think the Siamese or not the Siameses might have this unitary sense of consciousness at least at times when they're coordinating really well um is there this entity that's created or is there something that it's like that's not two different people kind of that's not like if you and me god forbid we're like attached and we'd all. That would be like cent centipede style yeah like human centipede you're not going to help a thing but like the left hemisphere is the dom in the right is the sub um right no but “i am nothing but a bunch of things unified,” he says.
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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