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6830231 No.6830231 [Reply] [Original]

If you were somehow able to split a brain in half and keep each side alive independently, would you have created 2 consciousnesses from one?

>> No.6830237

>>6830231
dunno split a brain and find out

>> No.6830248

>>6830231
The brain is a little more complicated than that

>> No.6830285

I like to think that my consciousness is recreated every time I wake up.
If consciousness could be awaken after the brain is split then you could potentially have 2 separated consciousnesses. Potentially they might even be the same consciousness but separated in space rather than time which is what I think usually happens when I sleep.

>> No.6830300

>>6830231
It's a brain not a sponge lol

>> No.6830305

>>6830231
you'd probably end up with 1 dead brain and the other brain would be more or less a vegetable. But if you have the technology to split brains then why not cut off 1/2 of this guys brain and stitch it to some other guys brain and see what happens :P

>> No.6830307

>>6830231
we are able to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-brain

>> No.6830312

>>6830307
Yes, but the brain stem cannot be cut in half in the same manner. One of the halves would have to reconnected to another brain stem, which isn't possible.