i think some people have interpreted this to support some kind of more mysterious if not dualistic or at least non-material uh theory of consciousness. There is there is evidence that there is a minimal amount of communication in sub-cortical structures um that but the amount that seems possible just physiologically is very little like it doesn't seem as if you could get that much information across the two so it seems a bit mysterious how this information is making its way from one side of the brain to another yeahUm now let me describe what gazanaga thinks um which i think is a plausible a very plausible interpretation in gazanaga's paper he says that the interpretation of the
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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