Comment on We're all a little crazy
HawlSera@lemm.ee 2 months agoI heard that that was a misunderstanding, and the two halves of the brain are still the same entity, but with more limited ability to communicate
Comment on We're all a little crazy
HawlSera@lemm.ee 2 months agoI heard that that was a misunderstanding, and the two halves of the brain are still the same entity, but with more limited ability to communicate
BluesF@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If you’re interested I highly recommend this evidence review on the topic. I don’t remember the details but there does remain some compelling evidence for both sides. It seems like the two halves are able to communicate in some ways, but not in others. It’s not fully clear if this means there are two distinct consciousnesses, or if they continue to operate as one.
HawlSera@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Well I’ll be, still I think “Still continue to operate as one” makes less assumptions, we barely know consciousness is even real to begin with, how can we confidently say that it’s like an infinitely dividable amoeba of some kind? I guess I’ll check the link.
BluesF@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah I think that’s what’s so interesting about it! It’s one of the few situations where we have been able to (in a limited way) study how consciousness comes about in a mind. Perhaps leaving us with more questions than answers… Tantalising.