"Peter F."  wrote in
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> "William Morse"  wrote in message
> news:cclbt5$11ui$1{at}darwin.ediacara.org...
>> There are a number of individuals who have had the connection between
>> the right and left halves of the brain cut. Because in humans the two
>> halves serve somewhat different functions, for the most part these
>> people still have only one "self", that of the dominant
half.
> 
> I suggest everyone who can think outside the square should try to be
> very sceptic about Morse's interpretation.
> 
> What do you expect most people (brain-damaged or not) tend to believe
> when speech-dominant brain-hemispheres keep telling each other in no
> uncertain terms that "it is in my half of the brain where "self"
> resides". ? 
>  ;-)

Good point. I should have said "still have only one self that the 
researchers can talk to." Of course, the alien hand phenomenon itself tells 
you that there can be conflicts between the hemispheres. And if you 
actually read the book, Carter describes further experiments in which 
researchers did manage to "talk" to the non-dominant hemisphere.

Yours,

Bill Morse
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