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Old 21-March-2008, 08:42 PM
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My point is that it just feels like you have one mind: but in reality "you" are just a series of neural patterns that share a sense of continuity. Bits of your brain light up, other bits go dark, but "you" persist.
If we put bits of that "you" into two heads (or two separated hemispheres in the same head), then we shouldn't be surprised if both bits share a sense of continuity with the original "you".

Grant Hutchison
You only feel like you have one body, but it's actually made up of millions of cells and dozens of organs.

You think you drive a car, but actually you're driving hundreds of separate bits of metal, plasic, rubber, and gasoline.

One thing can be made up of parts, y'know. Minds included.


ADDED: And you can change the tires on it without making it a "different car".
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