Hi there! :wink:
Here’s a little thought experiment I’m throwing out.
(heavily) Based on split-brain experiments to cure epilepsy! - What if...now...what if....A mad nutty brain surgeon performs a brain operation on a patient called Tom by splitting Tom’s left brain hemisphere with his right brain hemisphere. He then proceeds to take Tom’s left sided brain (By advanced technological mean, still keeping Tom alive and awake!) and fuses it to the right side brain hemisphere of another volunteer called Philip and vice versa attaching Philips left brain to Tom’s right brain. Both volunteers survive the operation but are now sharing half of each other’s brains.
Now, apart from the extreme psychological issues that would probably occur for both volunteers and regarding your understanding of consciousness/self awareness, what the just happened to their souls??? Discus!
So the Doc started with 2 brains (that’s 2 consciousness), then cut them to 4 smaller brains so that’s 4 consciousness) then we end with 2 brains again (2 consciousness again)
Can we look at this that we don’t have souls and consciousness is just an effect of brain activities?
Pedro.