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		mod on Jan 18, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Can you treat loneliness by creating an imaginary ... > definitely possible to have two consciousness occupying the same brain Based on the rest of your comment, I think that's quite a leap. The different parts of the brain are obviously not communicating normally with each other & the body, but I'm not sure that means two consciousnesses.

uyt on Jan 18, 2021 [–]

You can communicate with each of "them" individually and they have independent thought processes. Isn't that good enough?

I see them as siamese twins (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjoined_twins) where each of the twin had half their brain removed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemispherectomy).

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